From: Jurriaan Bendien (adsl675281@TISCALI.NL)
Date: Sun Apr 30 2006 - 08:54:28 EDT
By Martin Weil Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 30, 2006; Page A07 John Kenneth Galbraith, the author, scholar, diplomat and presidential adviser, who was a preeminent symbol and source of liberal political thought, died last night in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97. His son Alan said his father died at Mount Auburn Hospital of complications of pneumonia. An economist and a Harvard professor, Galbraith was an adviser to Democratic presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. He served John F. Kennedy as ambassador to India. "He was very lucid until close to the end" and had maintained his good humor, his son said. Galbraith supplied the intellectual underpinning and moral support for Democratic efforts to extend the benefits of American prosperity throughout the population. One of his most influential and frequently quoted books was "The Affluent Society," which was published in 1958. Critical of what it took as complacency amid wealth, it was often viewed as an inspiration for Democratic social programs of the 1960s. Other works included "American Capitalism" (1952), "The New Industrial State" (1967) and "Economics and the Public Purpose" (1973). Complete article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/30/AR2006043000062.html?sub=AR
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