Walter Lippmann: Public Economist

by Craufurd D Goodwin and Craufurd D. Goodwin

Book Overview

Walter Lippmann was the most distinguished American journalist and public philosopher of the twentieth century. But he was also something more: a public economist who helped millions of ordinary citizens make sense of the most devastating economic depression in history. Craufurd Goodwin offers a new perspective from which to view this celebrated but only partly understood icon of American letters.

From 1931 to 1946 Lippmann pursued a far-ranging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674368134
• ISBN13: 9780674368132
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"