John K. Galbraith

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Person.png John K. Galbraith   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(economist, diplomat)
BornOctober 15, 1908
Iona Station, Ontario, Canada
Died2006-04-29 (Age 97)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto
Member ofAmericans for Democratic Action, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Population Institute

Career

In 1934 Galbraith began teaching economics at Harvard University. After spending a year at Cambridge University he became an assistant professor of economics at Princeton University.

Galbraith was a disciple of John Maynard Keynes and a supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.[1]

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