tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post114638078910312319..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: John Kenneth Galbraith 1908-2006Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1146600557521180332006-05-03T06:09:00.000+10:002006-05-03T06:09:00.000+10:00Harry, no economy performs to the advantage of all...Harry, no economy performs to the advantage of all. Anywhere, anytime. <BR/><BR/>It would be hard to match JKG's long career of being wrong about so much. And debate would have occurred if JKG had never existed. Debate a natural inclination of the human existence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1146543722340530132006-05-02T14:22:00.000+10:002006-05-02T14:22:00.000+10:00Anonymous and Civitas, JKG was one of the first to...Anonymous and Civitas, JKG was one of the first to alert me (as a student of neoclassical economics) that the economy might not perform to the advantage of all. He was concerned with social justice. <BR/><BR/>He wrote with wit and elegance. I also think many of his criticisms stimulated debate.hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1146504043705633212006-05-02T03:20:00.000+10:002006-05-02T03:20:00.000+10:00You hate to speak ill of the dead, but realistical...You hate to speak ill of the dead, but realistically, Galbraith did make a career of being proven wrong while reaping accolades and livin’ large misadvising less developed nations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1146434374614237002006-05-01T07:59:00.000+10:002006-05-01T07:59:00.000+10:00Like joan robinson he was a wonderful writer but a...Like joan robinson he was a wonderful writer but as an economist he didn't rate to shine her shoes.<BR/><BR/>The Great Crash is a great book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com