John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006)
Author of The Great Crash 1929
About the Author
John Kenneth Galbraith is a Canadian-born American economist who is perhaps the most widely read economist in the world. He taught at Harvard from 1934-1939 and then again from 1949-1975. An adviser to President John F. Kennedy, he served from 1961 to 1963 as U.S. ambassador to India. His style and show more wit in writing and his frequent media appearances have contributed greatly to his fame as an economist. Galbraith believes that it is not sufficient for government to manage the level of effective demand; government must manage the market itself. Galbraith stated in American Capitalism (1952) that the market is far from competitive, and governments and labor unions must serve as "countervailing power." He believes that ultimately "producer sovereignty" takes the place of consumer sovereignty and the producer - not the consumer - becomes ruler of the marketplace. (Bowker Author Biography) John Kenneth Galbraith, born in 1908, is the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University and a past president of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Economic Association. He is the author of thirty-one books spanning five decades. He has received honorary degrees from, among others, Harvard University, Oxford University, the University of Paris, the University of Toronto, and Moscow State University. He is Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur in France, and in 1997 he was inducted into the Order of Canada. In 2000, at a White House ceremony, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Publisher Provided) show less
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Works by John Kenneth Galbraith
Galbraith: The Affluent Society & Other Writings, 1952-1967: American Capitalism / The Great Crash, 1929 / The Affluent… (2010) 147 copies
How to get out of Vietnam;: A workable solution to the worst problem of our time (Signet special broadside, S3414) (1967) 16 copies
L'art d'ignorer les pauvres : Suivi de Economistes en guerre contre les chômeurs et Du bon usage du… (2011) 6 copies
Economia y subversion 4 copies
Interviews With John Kenneth Galbraith (Conversations With Public Intellectuals Series) (2004) 4 copies
Anatomia do Poder Livro 1 1 copy
How Keynes came to America 1 copy
PERSPECTIVAS ECONOMICAS 1 copy
Associated Works
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contributor — 464 copies
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 132 copies
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Contributor — 55 copies
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contributor — 14 copies
Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad — Introduction, some editions — 1 copy
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- Other names
- McLandress, Herschel
Epernay, Mark (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1908-10-15
- Date of death
- 2006-04-29
- Burial location
- Indian Hill Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada
USA - Birthplace
- Iona Station, Ontario, Canada
- Place of death
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause of death
- natural causes at the age of 97
- Places of residence
- Iona Station, Ontario, Canada
Dunwich Township, Ontario, Canada
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Education
- Dutton High School
Ontario Agricultural College (BS|Agricultural Economics)
University of California, Berkeley (MS|Agricultural Economics)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD|Agricultural Economics) - Occupations
- economist
professor
United States Ambassador to India (1961-1963)
editor
Director of the Office of Economic Security Policy
Deputy Head of the Office of Price Administration - Relationships
- Galbraith, James K. (son)
Galbraith, Peter W. (son)
Bringa, Tone (daughter-in-law) - Organizations
- Americans for Democratic Action
Harvard University
Princeton University
US State Department
University of California, Berkeley
American Economic Association - Awards and honors
- BBC Reith Lecturer (1966)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1993)
Medal of Freedom (1946)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
Order of Canada (1997)
Padma Vibhushan (2001) (show all 12)
50 Honorary Degrees
Commandeur de la Legion
Humanist of the Year (1985)
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies (1987)
Leontief Prize (2000)
John Kenneth Galbraith Reference Library in Dutton, Ohio named in his honor
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What's happening in 2017? in Progressive & Liberal! (January 2019)
Reviews
Excellent book - subject is what people are ready to do in order to gain wealth and what happens when everything goes down the drain. I simplify the matter, I agree, but it is strange that exactly the same thing happened not so long ago (just read the section describing the way speculations rise up and cause the entire structure to collapse) - what, nobody read the book? Or did they think it was obsolete?
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
La truffe sono più d'una: quella del "mercato" quella della "grande impresa", quella del "management", quella del "pubblico/privato"...
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- Works
- 69
- Also by
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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It is hard to read this work without making comparisons to the present day: Galbraith lists five main causes for the crash and each has eerie echoes reverberating in the present day economic system. It seems that, as a species, we never learn, but are condemned to circle through our errors on a regular basis.