John Kenneth Galbraith | |
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 Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith in 1962 | |
| 7th United States Ambassador to India | |
| In office April 18, 1961 – July 12, 1963 | |
| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Ellsworth Bunker |
| Succeeded by | Chester Bowles |
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| Born | October 15, 1908 Iona Station, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 29, 2006 (aged 97) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Children | 4, including Peter and James |
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John Kenneth Galbraith[a] 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.[1][2]
Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half a century as a professor of economics.[3] 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).
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. His political activism, literary output and outspokenness brought him wide fame during his lifetime.[4][5] Galbraith was one of the few to receive both the World War II Medal of Freedom (1946) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000) for his public service and contributions to science.
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- ^ Keller, Robert R. (1983). "Keynesian and Institutional Economics: Compatibility and Complementarity?". Journal of Economic Issues. 17 (4): 1087–95. doi:10.1080/00213624.1983.11504189. JSTOR 4225383.
- ^ Davidson, Paul (2005). "Galbraith and the Post Keynesians". Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. 28 (1): 103–13. JSTOR 4225383.
- ^ Marglin, Stephen A.; Parker, Richard; Sen, Amartya; Friedman, Benjamin M. (February 7, 2008). "John Kenneth Galbraith". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ^ "John Kenneth Galbraith". The Economist. May 4, 2006. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "John Kenneth Galbraith, Longtime Economics Professor, Dies at 97". Harvard Crimson. April 2006. Retrieved July 3, 2013.