Word: galbraith
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Galbraith also contributes frequently to Atlantic, The Reporter, and Harper's--book reviews, light off-beat articles, discussions with roots in economics but branches in all corners of the contemporary scene. His fluent presentation combines charm and wit, and as he remarks in the foreword to one book, "I think the reader will find this a good-humored book. There is a place, no doubt, for the great polemic.... I would like to suppose I do not take myself so seriously." He laments the set-up in economics wherein "an economist who uses math and can't add is excluded...
Among those superlatives descriptive of Harvard faculty members "tallest" is the uncontested property of John Kenneth Galbraith, professor, Democrat, world traveler--in all a very busy man. But most of all an economist whose concern with economics finds a great many outlets. For "like theology, and unlike mathematics, economics deals with matters which men consider very close to their lives...
...reveal a broad interest in current social and economic issues and a highly imaginative approach. The Affluent Society, his latest, has been an amazing success since its publication in May. He finished this book last September and embodied the data in his Soc Sci 134 lectures. This year Galbraith is interested in the theory of organization, is exploring the subject in his Soc Sci lectures, and may eventually come up with another book, but "a technical book, definitely not a best-seller...
Along with many other economists Galbraith is active in politics--indeed, extremely active. He serves as chairman to the Advisory Committee on Economics of the Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee, worked quite closely with Stevenson during the past two presidential campaigns, and stands an ardent critic of Administration policies. "A professor's activity in public affairs is generally a matter of taste. I feel that politics brings some reality and balance into my world. I teach agricultural economics, and political interests form my bridge with the Middle West. I enjoy my occasional lectures there. Sometimes I have...
...Galbraith, who is well-known both as a globe-trotter and as a scathing critic of the Administration, is the author of "The Afflluent Society," a best-selling work in contemporary economic theory...