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  1. John Kenneth Galbraith
    John Kenneth GalbraithCanadian-American economist
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  2. BornOctober 15, 1908 · Iona Station, Ontario, Canada
    DiedApril 29, 2006 (aged 97) · Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    CitizenshipCanada · United States (from 1937)
    SpouseCatherine Merriam Atwater · (m. 1937)
    Life

    Galbraith was born on October 15, 1908, to Canadians of Scottish descent, Sarah Catherine (Kendall) and Archibald "Archie" Galbraith, in Iona Station, Ontario, Canada, and was raised in Dunwich Township, Ontario. … See more

    Writings

    Even before becoming a president of the American Economic Association, Galbraith was considered as an iconoclast by many economists. This is partly because he rejected the technical analysis and mathematic… See more

    Honors

    John Kenneth Galbraith was one of the few people to receive both the World War II Medal of Freedom and the Presidential Medal of Freedom; respectively in 1946 from President Truman and in 2000 from President … See more

    Works

    • Modern Competition and Business Policy (with Henry S. Dennison), 1938
    • National Resources Planning Board, The economic effects of the federal public works expenditures, 1933-1938 (1940) onlineSee more

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