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John Kenneth Galbraith

1908 - 2006

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John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director of the powerful Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II in charge of stabilizing all prices, wages and rents in the American economy, to combat the threat of inflation and hoarding during a time of shortages and rationing, a task which was successfully accomplished. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Kenneth Galbraith is the 93rd most popular economist (down from 75th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Canada (down from 44th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Economist.

John Kenneth Galbraith is most famous for his book The Affluent Society, which argues that the United States economy is dominated by consumerism.

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Among economists, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 93 out of 414. Before him are Nikolai Kondratiev, Dani Rodrik, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Robert Reich, Henry Mintzberg, and Harry Markowitz. After him are Richard Stone, Jean-Claude Trichet, John A. Hobson, George Stigler, James Meade, and Claudia Goldin.

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Among people born in 1908, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 57. Before him are Rex Harrison, Chivu Stoica, Balthus, Stéphane Grappelli, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, and Günther Prien. After him are Dmitry Ustinov, Giovanni Leone, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Amintore Fanfani, and Valentin Glushko. Among people deceased in 2006, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 50. Before him are Steve Irwin, Zoia Ceaușescu, Karel Appel, Ed Bradley, Ahmet Ertegun, and Nam June Paik. After him are Shelley Winters, P. W. Botha, Alexander Litvinenko, James Van Allen, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Prince George William of Hanover.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 58 out of 1,622. Before him are Wayne Gretzky (1961), Manly P. Hall (1901), René Angélil (1942), Henry Mintzberg (1939), Joni Mitchell (1943), and Howard Shore (1946). After him are Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1943), Peter North (1957), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Oswald Avery (1877), Elliot Page (1987), and Eugene Levy (1946).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Canada

Among economists born in Canada, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 4. Before him are William Vickrey (1914), Robert Mundell (1932), and Henry Mintzberg (1939). After him are Myron Scholes (1941), David Card (1956), Harold Innis (1894), Jacob Viner (1892), and Michel Chossudovsky (1946).

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