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, 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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