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John Kenneth Galbraith, 74, on the delegation of military power: "Death and taxes, one notes, have long been the two great certainties of mankind; we would not dream of surrendering power on taxes; we do it quite casually on death...
Professor of Government Sidney Verta served " little Almond Joys, Kit Kats, and chocolate-covered wafers;" John Kenneth Galbraith Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, offered lollipops; Dean of Freshman Henry Moses provided Suo-Caps and Nestle. Crunch Bars: and Professor of Geology Stephen J. Gould distributed Reese's peanut-butter caps...
...were those effete baby students at the Buckley-Galbraith debate (just saw it) on Reaganomics who cheered in support of Reagan's policies? According to the St. Louis Fed, the effects of fiscal policy sum to zip in five quarters. The expansion of the middle 60s was caused by monetary policy, not the tax cut of '64, as any good money and banking text should explain. Supply-siders are incompetent Republican Keynesians who can't even think clearly enough to do bookkeeping. The monetarist analysis is correct--ask any physicist or math major...
...minutes before midnight on a rainy Wednesday. Nancy held an umbrella over the President as they trod a soggy red carpet, to be greeted by French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson. It was not a night for ceremony. The Reagans sped off to the residence of U.S. Ambassador Evan Galbraith to recuperate from jet lag and prepare for the first serious task: cementing Reagan's friendship with French President François Mitterrand, his host at the Versailles summit...
...front of about 600 people, Galbraith argued that "the age of imperialism is over," adding that "it is the unbounded and universal determination of people to govern themselves." Swenson read "Some Quadrangles," a poem about college that she had written especially for the proceedings...