- John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC was a Canadian economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism
| Born: | 15 October 1908 Comment | | When did John Kenneth Galbraith die? / Died | 29 April 2006 | | How many years did John Kenneth Galbraith live? / Lived | 97 years | | Zodiac sign: | Libra |
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John Kenneth Galbraith facts
- His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual
- 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 author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published more than a thousand articles and essays on various subjects
- Among his most famous works was a popular trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967)
- Galbraith was active in Democratic Party politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin D
- Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, John F
- Kennedy, and Lyndon B
- Johnson
- He served as United States Ambassador to India under the Kennedy administration
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