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John Kenneth Galbraith

Born

in Canada

October 15, 1908

Died

April 29, 2006

Genre

Economics, Politics, History

Influences

J.M. Keynes

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John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and democratic socialism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers in the 1950s and 1960s. A prolific author, he produced four dozen books & over a 1000 articles on many subjects. Among his most famous works was his economics trilogy: American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958) & The New Industrial State (1967). He taught at Harvard University for many years. He was active in politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson. He served as US Ambassador to India under John F. Kennedy.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 17,024 ratings · 1,528 reviews · 219 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Great Crash 1929 3.92 avg rating — 6,610 ratings — published 1955 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Affluent Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,163 ratings — published 1958 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Short History of Financial Euphoria 4.06 avg rating — 2,507 ratings — published 1990 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Economics: The Past as the Present 4.02 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 1987 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith, James K. Galbraith (Foreword), Sean Wilentz (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 1967 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for Our Time 3.61 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 2004 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went 3.94 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 1975 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Society: The Humane Agenda 3.79 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1996 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Uncertainty 4.11 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1977 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anatomy of Power 4.05 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1983 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith

tags: conformity, food-for-thought, thinking

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“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith

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“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith

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