RIP: John Kenneth Galbraith

[Agathon]

97 years old.

Sad, but he had a good innings. I always enjoyed his stuff.

Liberal thinker JK Galbraith dies

Renowned economist and liberal thinker John Kenneth Galbraith has died in the US at the age of 97.

He died on Saturday of natural causes in hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his son Alan said.

The Canadian-born Harvard professor wrote over 30 books on socio-economic issues, the most famous of which was The Affluent Society in 1958.

He moved in political circles, advising Democratic presidents and serving as John F Kennedy's envoy to India.

He taught at Harvard University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975, but continued to publish books on socio-economic issues.

An advocate of government action to solve social problems, he focused on issues such as the distribution of wealth in society.

He was awarded the Medal of Freedom twice, by President Truman in 1946 and President Clinton in 2000.

Alan Galbraith said his father, who was admitted to hospital two weeks ago, "had a wonderful and full life".

[Vince278]

[Provost Harrison]

By the sound of it, he's probably a daemon by Bush standards...

[Winston]

He was among the foremost gurus of European Social Democratic economic thinking and, as such, has caused immense harm to our societies over the years.

[Provost Harrison]

Do you just copy and paste these replies from a word document called "stupid right wing idiot replies.doc" Winston?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Do you just copy and paste these replies from a word document called "stupid right wing idiot replies.doc" Winston?

PH for OT mod!!!

[Winston]

And so the Kindergarten Comedian strikes again.

Agathon ponders opening fan site.

[Provost Harrison]

Envy is such an ugly sin, Winston...

[Winston]

Do you honestly believe your reply was witty or in any way interesting, charming, relevant, things like that? You're even dimmer than I thought.

[Provost Harrison]

Interesting tactic - the maturity card - attempt to patronise and belittle the opponent, so you seem like the big man. It's your favourite, isn't it Winston? It's also entirely transparent...

[Winston]

In your case there's not much of a "tactic" to it. It was just a matter of making the observation, once you started being "funny".

[Colonâ„¢]

Christ, haven't you guys got anything better to do in an obituary thread?

[Winston]

You will notice I commented on his death before being dragged into the teddy bear and nap time thing.

[Whaleboy]

Winston stfu. If you've got nothing better to do than ***** about a guy who was infinitely more intelligent, and infinitely more wise than you, then go out and get laid or something. if you have a disagreement with the guys views, then say so and give your reasons and we'll use this as an opportunity to gang rape you.

[GePap]

RIP.