Secondhand Pelican Economics & Politics Bargain Book Box SP4000

Secondhand Pelican Economics & Politics Bargain Book Box SP4000

Twenty-four 1960s and 70s Pelicans in the classic blue covers: Galbraith, Baran and Sweezy’s Monopoly Capital, Michael Young’s The Rise of the Meritocracy, Whyte’s The Organization Man, Herman Kahn, Ivan Illich, R.D. Laing and a run of Australian Pelicans on foreign policy and the American alliance. A period collection of the ideas that shaped the postwar left.

1. Problems of the World Economy — Richard Bailey — Pelican survey of trade, aid and development.
2. The Liberal Hour — J.K. Galbraith — Essays and lectures from the Affluent Society years.
3. New Directions in Australian Foreign Policy: Ally, Satellite or Neutral? — ed. Max Teichmann — Australian Pelican, 1969. The Vietnam-era debate.
4. The Innovators: The Economics of Technology — Michael Shanks — Pelican Original on how new technology reaches the market.
5. In Defence of Politics — Bernard Crick — The classic short argument for politics as a civilising activity. Still set in first-year courses.
6. The Costs of Economic Growth — E.J. Mishan — The 1967 book that questioned growth before it was fashionable.
7. Economic Philosophy — Joan Robinson — The Cambridge economist on what economics is for.
8. Use and Abuse of Statistics — W.J. Reichmann — How to read figures and spot when they’re lying.
9. Monopoly Capital — Paul A. Baran & Paul M. Sweezy — The Marxist analysis of the American economy that defined New Left economics.
10. Monetary Policy: Ends and Means — Paul Einzig — Pelican Original on central banking.
11. The Rise of the Meritocracy — Michael Young — The 1958 satire that coined the word and predicted its consequences. Set in 2033.
12. The Armed Society: Militarism in Modern America — Tristram Coffin — Originally The Passion of the Hawks. Eisenhower’s warning extended.
13. International Politics: Conflict and Harmony — Joseph Frankel — Pelican introduction to the discipline.
14. The Australian American Alliance: Costs and Benefits — H.G. Gelber — Australian Pelican, the ANZUS debate.
15. A History of Economic Thought — William J. Barber — Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Mill, Marx, Keynes in one short Pelican.
16. The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise — R.D. Laing — The anti-psychiatrist’s manifesto, with the prose-poem. Penguin Original.
17. Economics and the Public Purpose — J.K. Galbraith — Galbraith’s full statement of the planning system versus the market.
18. Keynes and After — Michael Stewart — A Pelican Original on Keynesian economics for the general reader.
19. The Organization Man — William H. Whyte — The 1956 study of corporate conformity in America. Still quoted.
20. Toward a Democratic Left — Michael Harrington — A radical programme for a new majority, from the author of The Other America.
21. On Escalation — Herman Kahn — The forty-four rungs of the escalation ladder, from the man Dr Strangelove was based on.
22. Region of Revolt: Focus on Southeast Asia — Milton Osborne — Australian Pelican on the region in the Vietnam years.
23. Celebration of Awareness — Ivan Illich — Illich’s early essays on schooling, the Church and development.
24. The Economics of Imperialism — Michael Barratt Brown — Penguin Modern Economics text.