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Biographer Sees New Relevance in Economist Galbraith

NPR
Published April 28, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Harvard professor Richard Parker's John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, Politics and Economics is the first authorized biography of the influential thinker, now 96. The book traces the life of the liberal intellectual icon, from his childhood in rural Canada to the present day.

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