John Kenneth Galbraith

[AVB]

John Kenneth Galbraith, the iconoclastic economist, teacher and diplomat and an unapologetically liberal member of the political and academic establishment that he needled in prolific writings for more than half a century, died yesterday at a hospital in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97.

As an economics major, Mr. Galbraith stood as a giant among us. Probably the most influential economist in the three generations. I had the honor to hear him speak back in 1985.

 

[Wayno]

He was a professor at Harvard for many years.

 

[Devil Doc]

I read about his death in this mornings newspaper. The first thing I thoght was, I'll bet AVB posts something about this. I just heard NPR's report about him. Interesting man. Seems more sociologist than economist to me. I found myself argreeing with most of his teachings especially the inportance, or lack of, GNP.

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