Word: galbraith
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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During the course of the television program, Buckley combines satire and sincerity in narrating the life of his cohort, whose success he attributes to "personal traits," particularly Galbraith's writing ability...
...camera interviews, Galbraith offers commentary about his experiences as an economist, moral philosopher and political pundit...
Accounting for his 1940s tenure as a journalist for Fortune, a publication owned by the right-wing Henry Luce, Galbraith says, "Luce had a choice between conservatives who couldn't write and liberals he couldn't print, so he chose liberals...
...documentary's colorful moments, Galbraith recollects how he learned the hand signal (a two-finger wiggle) for "Stop that horseshit!" in meetings with American business leaders while he served as czar of domestic price controls during World...
Senior members of the Harvard community in the audience reacted to the historic significance of Galbraith's contributions. Students expressed approval of the jocular presentation...