Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2017, 25(3):84-92 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.584

Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - J. K. Galbraith

Pavel Sirůček
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta podnikohospodářská (pavel.sirucek@vse.cz).

J. K. Galbraith was a Canadian-American journalist, diplomat, activist, and economist who popularised economics and classified the institutional tradition of economic thought known as neo-institutionalism. Galbraith was famous for his critiques of standard economic schemes and was also a bestselling author. In his time, he was regarded as one of the most famous American public intellectuals.

Keywords: J. K. Galbraith, (neo)institutional economics, industrial society, capitalist system
JEL classification: B52, H10, N12, P10

Published: June 1, 2017  Show citation

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