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John Kenneth Galbraith

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Also known as John K. Galbraith, John Galbraith, J. K. Galbraith, Ken Galbraith

Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)

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John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian person born on October 15, 1908, and died on April 29, 2006. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His works include *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*, and *経済学平和人物論*. He has 302 works listed in the Open Library and five works in Crossref.

Galbraith is referenced by 1,461 other encyclopedia articles. He is associated with the Commons category "John Kenneth Galbraith." Quotes attributed to him include, "Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable," and "There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting."

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Person · Open Library

Born
October 15, 1908
Died
April 29, 2006
Works
302

Top works

  • 資本主義、共産主義、そして共存
  • The new industrial state
  • המדינה התעשיתית החדשה
  • Economic policy since 1945, the nature of success
  • 资本主义、社会主义与和平共处

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
CA
Active from
1908-10-15
Active to
2006-04-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
32
Total plays
265

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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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,297x

  2. Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method

    · 2001 · cited 163,143x

  3. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,514x

  4. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,878x

  5. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,530x

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Quotes

  • In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally bad. It is the narrowest decisions that are most ardently debated. If the world is lucky enough to enjoy peace, it may even one day make the discovery, to the horror of doctrinaire free-enterprisers and doctrinaire planners alike, that what is called capitalism and what is called socialism are both capable of working quite well.
  • You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.
  • Also present, as a kind of co-host, was the rector of the state university. He asked me if I knew the difference between capitalism and socialism. In capitalism man exploits man. In socialism it is just the reverse.
  • There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.
  • Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
  • Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.

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Wikidata facts

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Given name
John
Family name
Galbraith
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of death
Cambridge
Occupation
ambassador
Employer
Fortune
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
diplomacy
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John Kenneth Galbraith from the back cover of "The Affluent Society".jpeg
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date of death
2006-04-29
date of birth
1908-10-15
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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James K. Galbraith
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Encyclopedic overview

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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