Talk:John Kenneth Galbraith

message: *Are The Affluent Society, The New Industrial State, and Economics and the Public Purpose really a trilogy?
Indeed, they are frequently referred to as a trilogy.  For example:
*Included in J.K. Galbraith's trilogy are 'The Affluent Society', 'The New Industrial State', 'Economics & The Public Purpose'.
*He is the author of the noted trilogy, The Affluent Society, The New Industrial State and Economics and the Public Purpose
*Galbraith's principal theoretical contribution is foreshadowed in American Capitalism (1952), and unfolds more clearly into view in his trilogy, The Affluent Society (1958), The New Industrial State (1967) and Economics and the Public Purpose (1973) 
Sunray June 30, 2005 14:00 (UTC)
*Does anyone know where to find his thesis from 1931 when he graduated from OAC?
Are we happy to say that the bibliography of books JKG has written is now complete? I count 55 books, which is more than the four dozen mentioned in the intro. Also, is it worth starting another article to deal with the huge number of articles he has written? Sjeraj 09:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
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message: Is the following quote from the article accurate?
Galbraith is married to Catherine Atwater, whom he met while she was a Radcliffe student. They have three sons; a fourth son is deceased. They reside in Cambridge, Massachusetts and have a summer home in Newfane, Vermont. At 97, Galbraith is one of the few living advisors to President Franklin Roosevelt. There is currently speculation, fueled by comments made by former U.S. president Bill Clinton, that Galbraith's health is in a rapidly declining state.Trade2tradewell 17:28, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe it should be calling him a "former adviser" to FDR.  Btw, the last sentence is now inaccurate.  His health has since declined to zero.  JackofOz 08:24, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  At 97 ? President Franklin Roosevelt ? 

message: Does anyone have a definitive source for which it is? Imgroup May 4, 2006 21:06 (UTC)
Yes. 
New York Times Article
This has the correction appended to it.  It seems that in the rush to announce his death, several reporers did not get their facts correct.  This has upset many of his family members at this time.  We should remember that this is not a number we are fighting over, it is 4 people who are mourning.
So much for the google test. Thanks, WikipediA works because of people like you. Pseudoanonymous 23:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Six or ten grandchildren? 

message: Are there academic papers that have analysed historical data to confirm the hypothesis?  Comparing European economics and US economies would seem to be a place to start, especially as ideas about how to restrict monopolies or enforce antitrust laws or regulations have diverged.  If so, I'd expect to see more inline references citing these. rhyre (talk) 05:29, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  References or tests of market power ideas in The Affluent Society 

message: JKG was one of the most unknown Canada's export with Basket Ball and Winnie the Poe!!!! http://aurora.icaap.org/talks/galbraith.htm
Takima 19:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canada's export 

message: Not sure what Dekruyff's objection is to Galbraith's own title for the book, under which it first appeared in North America; mentioning only the alternate UK title (one of two, in fact) and not the original and Galbraith's own preference as a title, seems anomalous. I have restored the reference.Masalai 08:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''The Scotch'' 

message: But it's not apocyrphal; it's a misattribution. Masalai 22:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it certainly is a matter of trivial importance, but look at all the discussion it has engendered here. The point is that there seemed to be some inclination to accuse JKG of stealing someone else's lines, whereas he certainly coined enough bon mots of his own that he didn't need to appropriate any. Masalai 12:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It hasn't engendered any discussion except from you.  I'm not attacking JKG, I'm only trying to correct a fabulous internet echo.  I'm reverting the article to a more appropriate form, with a link to this talk, in case anyone cares. Eleuther 13:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Apocryphal Quotations

message: Is this() another one?  Based on googling, it's a common enough signature quote, unattributed about 80% of the time, attributed to JKG or anonymous/unknown about 10% each, plus occasional attributions to Calvin or Phil Steffen or "an old bumper sticker" etc.  It appears on various T-shirts and posters you can buy, always unattributed.  However, I couldn't find a source citation, and none of the quotation sites like Bartleby's lists it.  And anyhow, it just doesn't sound like JKG to me, it's too mean-minded.  Any opinions?  Any source?  Or should I just move it to the apocryphal section? Eleuther 07:58, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Never underestimate etc. 

message: "Critics point out that Galbraith misses a larger truth- that bubbles are characterized by insufficient availability of price information."
Why does this sentence appear as Truth?  Should it be deleted/changed?  Does it contain any truth?  (Does not seem not apply to current real estate bubble, or 2000 Internet bubble.)-69.87.194.95 23:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bubbles 

message: Does this article really need so many obit links in external links?
24.118.215.4 (talk) 02:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can never have too many sources saying he's dead.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.6.157.14 (talk) 16:22, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obituaries 

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message: I don't see how are the quoted parts a criticism to Galbraith's work. It seems more like a list of adhominem attacks (He writes for self publicity, he isn't taken seriously by fellow economists, he gives over simplistic explanations to complex issues, he believes in the superiority of aristocracy, he doesn't want people to have free choice, and so on...).
What is Wikipedia's position on that kind of "criticism"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.136.6.251 (talk) 20:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite - these comments are personal abuse.  Either these quoted "criticisms" of his work should be removed, or the justifying arguments given.  Alternatively, as Galbraith was politically involved, and did indeed make enemies, the quotes may be worthy of inclusion under a different subheading to help illustrate the antagonism he aroused.  He himself, in various of his books, recounts the attacks and threats made against him, often with self-deprecating amusement.  Sasha (talk) 14:22, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: With the quotation list now gone, I don't see anything wrong with the section and I have removed the box. How can the published opinions of respected economists about Galbraith's work not be relevant? WillOakland (talk) 06:09, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism of Galbraith's work 

message: This statement; "While some considered his views anachronistic during the pro-market, small-government, anti-regulation and low-tax orthodoxies which came to prominence in the 1980s, the downfall of those ideas' popularity with the late 2000's economic crisis has awoken interest in his theories once again." sounds some left wing conjecture. It should either be removed or cited to a secondary source. The main problem I have is with the downfall of pro-market ideas and such in the late 2000's. --AresAndEnyo (talk) 04:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need a citation 

message: Why take up so much space to recite his degrees? Surely all that's required is a couple of lines, viz: "He received many honorary degrees in his lifetime, for example from universities X, Y and Z" 82.69.28.55 (talk) 07:24, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honorary degrees 

message: In the current financial climate the following quote should be added to this page, people looking for understanding of the financial system could learn a lot from these few simple words.
"The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it. The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled. With something so important, a deeper mystery seems only decent." John Kenneth Galbraith: Money, Whence It Came, Where It Went 1975 Chapter I, Money, p. 5  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.181.151 (talk) 09:15, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotation 

message: Consider this statement is the article: "He believed that this market power ... allowing corporations to be price makers, ... allowing corporations with the strongest market power to increase the production of their goods beyond an efficient amount."  To anyone who studied economics (even Galbraith, I suspect), the conclusion is obviously exactly backward.  A firm with market power exercises it by restricting production to push up prices (or vice versa).  Production is below the efficient amount.  You can't raise prices and production at once; demand curves slope down.  So either this statement should be corrected, or the section rewritten to explain what Galbraith really meant (by someone who understands what they are reading, please).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by EconGuy0 (talk • contribs) 18:52, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual question under "Works" section: monopolies & market power 

message: This section is non-encyclopedic in tone, in particular the separately flagged statement. ("The result was that wages and prices were kept in check, and the U.S. enjoyed rapid growth and price stability through the war.")  This assertion of causality is not neutral point of view, and also is not cited. Semiautomata (talk) 17:24, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  World War II and Price Administration 

message: I think someone who can do a lot more research than I can should re-evaluate the brief section on the "inefficiency" of the US strategy for bombing transportation and oil targets in Germany in 1944-45.  Some well-researched books, such as Don Miller's "Masters of the Air," a history of the Eighth Air Force, cogently and convincingly demonstrate that the German military economy was tremendously hampered by the bombing efforts of the Eighth.  Even the development of synthetic gasoline, and the fueling of industry, which was coal based (Germany had plenty of coal) was demolished by the destruction of the railroads, which prevented the transport of the coal.
John Kenneth Galbraith, a notorious anti-bombing proponent, carried his prejudices into his work on the post-war Strategic Bombing Survey.  He desperately wanted to say that the bombing was ineffective, and in a breathtaking display of hypocrisy (considering his statements about "pentagonia"), he maintained that the survey showed just that.  In fact, if you read the actual survey (it's available on-line), it does NOT say that the bombing was ineffective.  The whole issue is clouded by the less-than candid statements from the Germans, such as Speer and others, who had their own personal agendas when speaking to interrogators.  This is an important issue in WW II history, and deserves a bit of expansion here, because Galbraith was personally responsible for a lot of misinterpretation and plain nonsense about this matter.65.81.79.71 (talk) 18:23, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  US Strategic Bombing Survey 

message: He was Canadian till then. Canada and the other dominions of the British Empire apart from Australia became sovereign kingdoms of the Commonwealth in 1931 under the Westminster Act. So he had not been a British subject for six years when he became an US citizen. Masalai (talk) 23:53, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: "In 1937, he became a United States citizen and was no longer a British subject"

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