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"Canadian-born John Kenneth Galbraith was the best known and most widely read economist in the world in the latter half of the twentieth century. He was active in Democratic politics, studied the effects of strategic bombing in Europe after the Second World War (he believed that the bombing had little or no effect on the German war machine), served as ambassador to India during the Kennedy administration, was an early and loud opponent of the Vietnam War, and an early supporter of feminism and environmental issues.
Galbraith frequently criticized the tendency of many of his colleagues to depend on complicated mathematical formulas but ignore the effects of politics, advertising, military spending, and many other real-world factors in U.S. and international economics. "
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting for social change
job/profession:
- teacher/professor
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 60's-90's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- Canadian
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 (a little)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- India
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
- Boston
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- capitalism
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 26-50% of book
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