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John Kenneth Ken Galbraith OC (properly /ɡælˈbreɪθ/ gal-BRAYTH but commonly /ˈɡælbreɪθ/ GAL-brayth; 15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006) was a Canadian and later American economist public official and diplomat and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual.

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alma mater
University of California Berkeley
birth date
1908-10-15
birth place
Ontario, Iona Station Ontario
death date
2006-04-29
death place
Cambridge Massachusetts, Massachusetts
individualised GND number
118537199
influenced
Robert Heilbroner, Lars Pålsson Syll, Joseph Stiglitz, James K. Galbraith, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Paul A. Baran
influenced by
Thorstein Veblen
institution
Princeton University, Harvard University
LCCN Id
n/79/061210

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