More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. —John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society(New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 4th ed., 1984) Americans in 2004 are fatter than ever, the heaviest since the government started...

(born Oct. 15, 1908, Iona Station, Ontario, Can.—died April 29, 2006, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.) Canadian-born American economist and public servant known for his support of public spending and for the literary quality of his writing on public...

A Canadian-American liberal economist who has achieved astounding publishing success in his books on capitalism, the Great Depression, the affluent society and the industrial state. With a training in agriculture in Ontario and in agricultural...

(born Oct. 15, 1908, Iona Station, Ont., Can.—died April 29, 2006, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.) Canadian-born U.S. economist and public servant. After studying at the Universities of Toronto and California (Ph.D., 1934), he held important government...

This article is about the American economist. For the Pennsylvania Congressman, see John Galbraith (Pennsylvania). John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15 1908–April 29 2006) was an influential Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and...