John Kenneth Galbraith
Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)
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John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-American economist and diplomat who lived from 1908 to 2006 and became one of the most influential economic thinkers of the 20th century. His work and ideas about how modern corporations and government function continue to shape debates about economics and public policy today.
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- October 15, 1908
- Died
- April 29, 2006
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- 302
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- Economic policy since 1945, the nature of success
- 资本主义、社会主义与和平共处
- Studies in rationing
- Novoe industrialʹnoe obshchestvo
- 経済学平和人物論
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John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC (properly pron.: /ɡælˈbreɪθ/ gal-BRAYTH, but commonly /ˈɡælbreɪθ/ GAL-brayth; 15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006), was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian, an institutionalist, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s and he filled the role of public intellectual from the 1950s to the 1970s on matters of economics. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+
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John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as J. K. Galbraith or 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. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director of the powerful Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II in charge of stabilizing all prices, wages and rents in the American economy, to combat the threat of inflation and hoarding during a time of shortages and rationing, a task which was successfully accomplished.
Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half a century as a professor of economics. He was a prolific author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published more than a thousand articles and essays on various subjects. Among his works was a trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967).
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