Economist John Kenneth Galbraith Dies

AP Online | April 30, 2006| | Copyright

KEN MAGUIRE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-30-2006
Dateline: BOSTON

Former Harvard economics professor John Kenneth Galbraith, newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to India, is seen shortly after taking the Oath of Office at the State Department in Washington, April 3, 1961. Galbraith, the Harvard professor who won worldwide renown as a liberal economist, backstage politician and witty chronicler of the affluent society, died Saturday night April 29, 2006, his son said. He was 97. Galbraith died of natural causes at 9:15 p.m. at Mount Auburn Hospital, where he was admitted nearly two weeks ...

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