Título: John Kenneth Galbraith
Seção: Postwar
Background: John Kenneth Galbraith  (October 15, 1908 - April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-born economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half a century as a professor of economics.

Conteúdo: In February 1946, Galbraith took a leave of absence from his magazine work for a senior position in the State Department as director of the Office of Economic Security Policy where he was nominally in charge of economic affairs regarding Germany, Japan, Austria, and South Korea. He was distrusted by the senior diplomats so he was relegated to routine work with few opportunities to make policy. Galbraith favored detente with the Soviet Union, along with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and General Lucius D. Clay, a military governor of the US Zone in Germany from 1947 to 1949, but they were out of step with the containment policy then being developed by George Kennan and favored by the majority of the US major policymakers. After a disconcerting half-year, Galbraith resigned in September 1946 and went back to his magazine writing on economics issues. Later, he immortalized his frustration with "the ways of Foggy Bottom" in a satirical novel, The Triumph (1968). The postwar period also was memorable for Galbraith because of his work, along with Eleanor Roosevelt and Hubert Humphrey, to establish a progressive policy organization Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) in support of the cause of economic and social justice in 1947.  During his time as an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, Galbraith was appointed United States Ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963. His rapport with President Kennedy was such that he regularly bypassed the State Department and sent his diplomat

user: What happened post war?

assistant: Galbraith took a leave of absence from his magazine work for a senior position in the State Department as director

user: What work did he do there?

assistant: director of the Office of Economic Security Policy where he was nominally in charge of economic affairs regarding Germany, Japan, Austria, and South Korea.

user: What did he do next?

assistant: Galbraith resigned in September 1946 and went back to his magazine writing on economics issues.

user: Why did he resign?

assistant: Korea. He was distrusted by the senior diplomats so he was relegated to routine work with few opportunities to make policy.

user: Did he continue working?

assistant: he immortalized his frustration with "the ways of Foggy Bottom" in a satirical novel, The Triumph (1968).

user: Who else was he working with?

assistant: work, along with Eleanor Roosevelt and Hubert Humphrey, to establish a progressive policy organization Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) in support of the cause

user: Was he involved with politics?

assistant: as an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, Galbraith was appointed United States Ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963.

user: Did he get along with the president?

assistant: His rapport with President Kennedy was such that he regularly bypassed the State Department and sent his diplomatic cables directly to the president.

user: What other political people did he work with?

assistant: In India, he became a confidant of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

user: Did he continue working with politics?

assistant: In autumn 1972 Galbraith was an adviser and assistant to Nixon's rival candidate George McGovern in the election campaign for the American presidency.