John Kenneth Galbraith

American Capitalism

Examination of capitalism, socialism, and free enterprise in America

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John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith

Canadian-American economist and public intellectual whose The Affluent Society argued that America was rich in private goods and poor in public ones. The New Industrial State examined the corporation's role in managing demand. He wrote with wit and accessibility that made him the most read economist of his era.

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