John Kenneth Galbraith

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
1976 Nominated - National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went
1974 Nominated - National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs Economics
1968 Nominated - National Book Award for Science, Philosophy and Religion The New Industrial State
1959 Nominated - National Book Award for Nonfiction The Affluent Society
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Written works by John Kenneth Galbraith

TitlePublishedGenre
A Tenured Professor 1990 Satire
The Affluent Society Non-fiction
The Great Crash, 1929 1954 Non-fiction
The New Industrial State Business
American Capitalism
Economics and the Public Purpose
The Nature of Mass Poverty
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
The Age of Uncertainty
The Culture of Contentment
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went 1975 Non-fiction
The Scotch
Crac del 29, El
Recovery in Europe
Almost everyone's guide to economics
La voix des pauvres, ou, Ce qu'ils ont à nous dire sur l'économie
Jing ji xue yu gong gong mu di
Brève histoire de l'euphorie financière
Name-Dropping
Socialism in rich countries and poor
The unfinished business of our century
Marketing efficiency in Puerto Rico
Cultura de La Satisfaccion
The Galbraith reader
The Cuomo Commission Report (Touchstone Books
A contemporary guide to economics, peace, and laughter
L'économie en perspective
How to get out of Vietnam
The causes of poverty
The underdeveloped country
Fu yu she hui
The big corporation
A life in our times
Pour une société meilleure
A Theory of Price Control
El pensamiento económico, la justicia social y la eficiencia
Zhiznʹ v nashe vremi︠a︡
The socially concerned today
How to control the military
Le nouvel état industriel
How Keynes came to America
Essential Galbraith
Money
The Age of Uncertainty
The good society
The voice of the poor
A China passage
America and Western Europe
L'ère de l'opulence
Annals of an abiding liberal
Tout savoir, ou presque, sur l'économie
Essays from the poor to the rich
Revolutions reconsidered
Die Herrschaft der Bankrotteure. Der wirtschaftliche Niedergang Amerikas
A History of Economics
Made to last
A journey through economic time
Con Nombre Propio
La crise économique de 1929
La Sociedad Opulenta
Reaganomics
Capitalism, communism and coexistence
Estados Unidos y el fin de la hegemonía
Introducción a la economia
The liberal hour
The anatomy of power
Beyond the Marshall plan
El nuevo estado industrial
Oekonomi og samfunn
Ambassador's journal
Historia de la Economia
Dinero, El
Naciones ricas, naciones pobres
TRIUMPH 93 ANNV ED PA
A view from the stands
World Economy Since the Wars
Anales de Un Liberal Impenitente - Vol. 2
The McLandress dimension
Dreams of India
Culture of Contentment, the
Die Geschichte der Wirtschaft im 20. Jahrhundert. Ein Augenzeuge berichtet
Anatomie du pouvoir
Letters to Kennedy
Subdesarrollo y conducta social
Inequality in agriculture
The triumph
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John Kenneth Galbraith quotes

  • There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

    - John Kenneth Galbraith
  • People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.

    - John Kenneth Galbraith
  • There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

    - John Kenneth Galbraith
  • It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put on the troubled seas of thought.

    - John Kenneth Galbraith

Places John Kenneth Galbraith has lived

Map showing Places Lived by John Kenneth Galbraith
MarkerLocationPopulation
A Elgin County 85,351
B Boston 625,087
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What was John Kenneth Galbraith's profession?
  • A:
    John Kenneth Galbraith was an accomplished economist.
  • Q:
    Where did John Kenneth Galbraith go to school?
  • A:
    John Kenneth Galbraith was a student at the University of Toronto.
  • Q:
    What is John Kenneth Galbraith quoted as saying?
  • A:
    One famous quote is, "It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put on the troubled seas of thought."
  • Q:
    Where was John Kenneth Galbraith born?
  • A:
    John Kenneth Galbraith was born in Iona Station, Ontario.
  • Q:
    Who had a notable influence on John Kenneth Galbraith?
  • A:
    John Maynard Keynes and Thorstein Veblen inspired John Kenneth Galbraith.
  • Q:
    Which books have been composed by writer, John Kenneth Galbraith?
  • A:
    Well known titles include:
    - A Tenured Professor
    - The Great Crash, 1929
    - American Capitalism
    - The New Industrial State
    - The Affluent Society
    - Economics and the Public Purpose
    - A Short History of Financial Euphoria
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