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John Kenneth Galbraith OC (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s.
Apr 29, 2006 · John Kenneth Galbraith (born October 15, 1908, Iona Station, Ontario, Canada—died April 29, 2006, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a Canadian-born American economist and public servant known for his support of public spending and for the literary quality of his writing on public affairs.
Apr 30, 2006 · John Kenneth Galbraith, the iconoclastic economist, teacher and diplomat and an unapologetically liberal member of the political and academic establishment that he needled in prolific...
John Kenneth Galbraith. F rom the 1950s through the 1970s, John Kenneth Galbraith was one of the most widely read economists in the United States. One reason is that he wrote so well, with the ability to turn a clever phrase that made those he argued against look foolish.
Nov 21, 2005 · During the course of his long life, which spans most of the 20th century to the present day, Galbraith has filled many roles: economic thinker, government official, diplomat, writer and star of his own "Age of Uncertainty" television series on PBS.
May 29, 2018 · John Kenneth Galbraith was an institutional economist, Harvard professor, advisor to presidents, bureaucrat, ambassador to India, raconteur, caustic wit, and man of letters.
Mar 28, 2005 · As the rip-roaring 1990s were coming to a close, America's best-known economist, John Kenneth Galbraith, was out of favor. He didn't even receive an invitation to a 2001 conference on the New Economy at Harvard University, blocks from where he lived and where he had taught for decades.
John Kenneth Galbraith was an influential Canadian-American economist of the 20th century. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of U.S.-style, 20th-century political liberalism and progressive politics.
May 1, 2006 · John Kenneth Galbraith, the Canadian-born Harvard professor who won worldwide renown as a liberal economist, backstage politician and witty chronicler of affluent society, died Saturday night...
Jun 1, 2006 · CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 31 - Over decades the world came to know John Kenneth Galbraith as a maverick economist, author and diplomat, towering in intellect and stature, lacking in modesty and...
