Conversations with History: John Kenneth Galbraith

Interesting perceptive on "the script" part.

Galbraith stands with the best of social commentators and critics of power in society. Others that I put in his class: George Orwell, Hannah Arendt, Karl Marx, Robert Fisk.

Ralph Miliband has a great critique of Galbraith in a socialist register from some year. Its free online. His critique is that the technostructure does not have as much weight as Galbraith says it does in The New Industrial State

excellent worker!

My dad was a Marxist and suggested I read a lot of books - Prof Galbraith was one of them. He also used to write for the Guardian and Observer here in the UK a lot. He did a great tv series called 'The Age of Uncertainty' and I still have the book and am about to pass it to my daughter

"He did a great tv series called 'The Age of Uncertainty'"
Yes, the series is excellent. Unfortunately you could not possibly show it in even university classrooms today, since media has changed and people would nap in after 5 minutes of Galbraith's magnificent narration.
The format does not diminish the relevance and exactitude of Galbraith's analyses an I as well highly recommend "The Age of Uncertainty" to everybody. Let's hope for a DVD release soon.

(chuckle) His voice reminds me a little of Harry Reasoner, from when I used to watch '60 Minutes' as a child.

Yes, if you're selective, Youtube is generally much better than TV.
You can use this site to watch a video of some tool who taught his pet porcupine to pop inflated condoms, or you can use it to watch stuff like this.

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One of the ten greatest economists of all time. O ne of the greatest Canadians of all time. The greatest economist by book sales of all time...