A number of the other chapters have previously been published. Of these, two appeared in The Reporter, two in The New York Times Magazine, one in The Saturday Eve ning Post, one in an earlier version in American Heritage and one, also in an earlier version, in The Atlantic Monthly. I am grateful to these journals for permission to reprint. author of The Affluent Society, once more blasts American myths and misconceptions with another controversial, unorthodox work. In The Liberal Hour the famed economist discusses pertinent issues ranging from our economic competition with Russia to the "public images" of U.S. politicians-and urges an intelligent acceptance of the new political and social realities of a crucial era.