Ideologies / Welfare Capitalist / John Kenneth Galbraith
§ The minds · 1908–2006 · Canada / US · Economist
John Kenneth Galbraith
The affluent society
Private wealth, public squalor.
Economic−8
SocialistMarket
Governance−24
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+42
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The Harvard economist and bestselling author whose 'The Affluent Society' argued that rich market economies starve their public sphere — a defining text of welfare-capitalist liberalism.
social
Progressive on poverty, inequality and public investment.
economic
Accepted the market but demanded strong public goods to balance private affluence.
governance
A liberal democrat and presidential adviser.
Notable for
- 'The Affluent Society'
- 'The New Industrial State'
- Adviser to Democratic presidents
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