JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH 1908 ECONOMIST GALBRAITH JOHN KENNETH 1908 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMY AND LABOR JOHN GALBRAITH BORN IN ONTARIO CANADA JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH STUDIED AT ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY FROM 1943 UNTIL 1948 HE WAS AN EDITOR AT FORTUNE MAGAZINE GALBRAITH TAUGHT AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY FROM 1945 UNTIL 1975 EXCEPT WHEN HE SERVED AS U.S AMBASSADOR TO INDIA 1961 63 GALBRAITH WAS ALSO AN ADVISER TO PRESIDENTS JOHN F KENNEDY AND LYNDON B JOHNSON IN ADDITION HE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS AMERICAN CAPITALISM THE CONCEPT OF COUNTERVAILING POWER 1952 THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY 1958 THE NEW INDUSTRIAL STATE 1967 THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY 1977 A HISTORY OF ECONOMICS 1987 AND THE GOOD SOCIETY THE HUMANE AGENDA 1996
