John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
I’ve never listened to a speech with a greater sense of approval.
While many people the world over listened to this “Speech of Hope” and approved it enthusiastically, Galbraith had a particular interest in the speech. He had helped the Secretary write it providing not only much of the wording but also the economic ideas.
John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908–2006, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, U. S. Ambassador to India, Referring to Secretary of State Byrne’s speech given at Stuttgart, Germany announcing the Marshall Plan, Statement to Warren Christopher
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Some claim that the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Japanese aggression of WWII was the doing of the military clique that had dominated the government. This quotation shows that there was much enthusiasm by the traditional civilian politicians as well.
John Kenneth Galbraith OC, also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official and intellectual. A leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, his books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective.
