Comments on: John Kenneth Galbraith Dead at 97 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:06:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ken http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/comment-page-1/#comment-81055 ken Mon, 01 May 2006 18:13:26 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/04/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/#comment-81055 Sorry, I see his fingerprints all over the economic debacle that was the 1970s. Plus his admiration for the USSR's economy shows where his statist-oriented beliefs truly lay. Respect the man, hated his ideas. Sorry, I see his fingerprints all over the economic debacle that was the 1970s. Plus his admiration for the USSR's economy shows where his statist-oriented beliefs truly lay.

Respect the man, hated his ideas.

]]> By: Vnjagvet http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/comment-page-1/#comment-80973 Vnjagvet Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:24:03 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/04/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/#comment-80973 I always enjoyed listening to Galbreath, even though I did not agree with his lack of enthusiasm for the power of the entrepreurial sector, and his faith in bureaucratic planning. His manner of speaking was elegant and he used a wonderful sense of humor to make his points. To me there was no question that he had a powerful intellect. I always enjoyed listening to Galbreath, even though I did not agree with his lack of enthusiasm for the power of the entrepreurial sector, and his faith in bureaucratic planning.

His manner of speaking was elegant and he used a wonderful sense of humor to make his points.

To me there was no question that he had a powerful intellect.

]]> By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/comment-page-1/#comment-80952 The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/04/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/#comment-80952 [...] James Joyner at Outside the Beltway: Galbraith led an amazing life and had an influence on the national discussion few scholars of the 20th Century matched. That I disagree with most of his policy prescriptions or that, as noted in the Times obit, many economists criticized him for lack of mathematical rigor, hardly seems important. [...] [...] James Joyner at Outside the Beltway: Galbraith led an amazing life and had an influence on the national discussion few scholars of the 20th Century matched. That I disagree with most of his policy prescriptions or that, as noted in the Times obit, many economists criticized him for lack of mathematical rigor, hardly seems important. [...]

]]> By: Roger http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/comment-page-1/#comment-80946 Roger Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:04:17 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/04/john_kenneth_galbraith_dead_at_97/#comment-80946 Galbraith also forwarded the cause of the women's equal rights movement by writing of the enormous uncounted contribution homemakers make to the American economy. We need more forward thinkers like him. Galbraith also forwarded the cause of the women's equal rights movement by writing of the enormous uncounted contribution homemakers make to the American economy. We need more forward thinkers like him.

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