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...Government. When they reached the CFIA, Harvard police, alerted by walkie-talkie, had locked the building, and were guarding all the doors. The marchers separated, covering both front and back entrances. As they milled around, discussing strategy, they became aware of a towering presence in their midst. John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor of Economics and chronicler of the Affluent Society, emerged from the building. Galbraith, less than twenty-four hours back from a sabbatical in England, joined the group, leaning on the back of a white BMW. Soon, almost all the marchers had joined him, sitting...
...Galbraith was friendly to the crowd, patiently explaining his views on American politics, world affairs, and the state of the University. He first established his credentials...
...Left now, generally speaking, are the people that espouse the Galbraith theory of capitalism. Back in the good old days, before I got onto the raffish fringe of the establishment, I was regarded as an extreme left-winger...
...just under six thousand, with about five thousand subscriptions. The physical format of the magazine, a long thin paperback, distinguishes it from its competitor. The editors have succeeded in introducing some fresh blood into their columns, although the first two issues have included such old warhorses as John Kenneth Galbraith, Stanley Hoffmann, and Huntington...
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith suggests that the defense industry, which includes many aerospace contractors, should be nationalized. He argues that "we recognize the reality of things, which is that the large, specialized defense contractors are really public firms." Under his plan the Government would buy out shareholders in any firm that reached a certain level of dependence on Government business by exchanging U.S. bonds for their securities. There is logic of sorts in Galbraith's idea: it would allow the nation to keep skilled teams intact by guaranteeing them steady employment, even in slack times...