John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith, OC (born October 15, 1908 - died April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual.