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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...
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.
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.
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. Galbraith was a prolific author, producing four dozen books.
May 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 Cambridge, Mass. He was 97.
