John Kenneth Galbraith, who died on April 29 at the age of 97, was one of the most prominent American economists of the 20th century. He advised three generations of Democratic Party leaders, most ...

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John Kenneth Galbraith was a presence in the town of Newfane for almost 60 years, a tall and genial figure whose wit is still remembered at the local store. For longer than that, he was a presence in ...

BOSTON In the 1950s, John Kenneth Galbraith warned that corporations were becoming too powerful. In the 1960s he warned President Kennedy about the dangers of unilateral military action abroad. He ...

Harvard’s John Kenneth Galbraith, 49. is an economist who has always found a wider audience than his less articulate colleagues. His American Capitalism: the Concept of Countervailing Power was a ...

There are fads in thought as well as apparel. This week in 1967 was my first in basic training. Our platoon was given 20 minutes in a tiny PX to buy necessities. Besides Kiwi shoe polish, Brasso and ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: John Kenneth Galbraith was an Economist for the American Enterprise Institute with 30 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1964 Compiled Program as a ...

Canadian-born John Kenneth Galbraith is a Harvard professor whose views on industrial societies and their lack of competitive markets have made him one of the world's most recognized modern economists ...

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