John Kenneth Galbraith - Wikipedia
WebJohn 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.
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WebApr 24, 2024 · 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.
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WebApr 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...
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WebMay 29, 2018 · John Kenneth Galbraith (born 1908) was a leading scholar of the American Institutionalist school and arguably the most famous economist in the post World War II world. His views were a stinging indictment of the modern materialistic society that championed personal achievement and material well-being over public interest and needs.
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
WebMar 28, 2005 · John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics. The life and times of the world's most famous economist. As the rip-roaring 1990s were coming to a close, America's best-known economist, John Kenneth Galbraith, was out of favor.
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WebJohn Kenneth Galbraith. 1908-2006. 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.
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WebMay 4, 2006 · John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University, noted economist and author, former ambassador to India, and former presidential adviser, died April 29, 2006, at Mount Auburn Hospital in …
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WebApr 30, 2006 · Facebook. Flipboard. Email. John Kenneth Galbraith -- social economist, Harvard professor, diplomat -- is dead at 97. His work influenced Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson and generations of...
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WebMay 1, 2006 · John Kenneth Galbraith â the Canadian-born Harvard professor who won worldwide renown as a liberal economist, backstage politician and witty chronicler of affluent society â died Saturday...
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WebJohn 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. Galbraith was a prolific author, producing four dozen books.
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