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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kenneth Galbraith has received more than 1,571,211 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). John Kenneth Galbraith is the 75th most popular economist (down from 56th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Canada (down from 30th in 2019) and the 3rd 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

Among economists, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 75 out of 414. Before him are Arthur Cecil Pigou, Nikolai Kondratiev, Harry Markowitz, Leonid Hurwicz, James Tobin, and Henry Mintzberg. After him are W. Edwards Deming, Eugen Dühring, Reinhard Selten, James Mill, Jean-Claude Trichet, and Thomas Mun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 43. Before him are Dmitry Ustinov, Carole Lombard, Cesare Pavese, Willard Libby, Tameo Ide, and Günther Prien. After him are Alfred Hershey, Chivu Stoica, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Józef Gosławski, Victor Ambartsumian, and Giovanni Leone. Among people deceased in 2006, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 40. Before him are Alida Valli, Clifford Geertz, Alexander Litvinenko, Markus Wolf, Bülent Ecevit, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. After him are Shohei Imamura, Zoia Ceaușescu, Telmo Zarra, P. W. Botha, Nam June Paik, and Claude Jade.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 44 out of 1,622. Before him are Bertram Brockhouse (1918), Oswald Avery (1877), Drake (1986), Jim Peebles (1935), Howard Shore (1946), and Henry Mintzberg (1939). After him are Mary Pickford (1892), Joni Mitchell (1943), Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1943), Paul Anka (1941), William Vickrey (1914), and Charles Brenton Huggins (1901).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Canada

Among economists born in Canada, John Kenneth Galbraith ranks 3. Before him are Robert Mundell (1932), and Henry Mintzberg (1939). After him are William Vickrey (1914), Myron Scholes (1941), Harold Innis (1894), David Card (1956), Michel Chossudovsky (1946), and Jacob Viner (1892).

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