John Kenneth Galbraith Has Died

by Kevin

April 30th, 2006

John Kenneth Galbraith has passed away at the age of 97. He was an intellectual giant, and one of the rare men who are willing to look beyond the narrow confines of both his field and the common wisdom of his day to attempt to understand how the world really worked for the majority of its inhabitants.

Brad DeLong discusses his contributions here.

Categories: Economics, Education, Politics |

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