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John Kenneth Galbraith
Acting
15 Oct 1908
† 29 Apr 2006
Iona Station, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. 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 ...
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Mark Epernay, J.K. Galbraith, Professor J.K. Galbraith, Ken Galbraith













