John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC (properly /ɡælˈbreɪθ/ gal-brayth, but commonly/ˈɡælbreɪθ/ gal-brayth; 15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006) was a Canadian and, later, American economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-centuryAmerican liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual. Inmacro-economical terms he was a Keynesian and an institutionalist.[2]
Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half a century as a professor of economics.[3] He was a prolific author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published more than a thousand articles and essays on various subjects. Among his most famous works was a popular trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967).
Galbraith was active in Democratic Party politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. He served asUnited States Ambassador to India under the Kennedy administration. His prodigious literary output and outspokenness made him, arguably, "the best-known economist in the world"[4] during his lifetime.[5] Galbraith was one of few recipients both of the Medal of Freedom (1946) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000) for his public service and contribution to science. The government of France made him a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur.
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[hide]自由經濟的核心是市場經濟理論：[9]
市場是人類自發性行為和自我調節的自然領域，依據人們對他人福利的貢獻而受獎勵，由此產生最大限度的自由、平等和福利。
人是自足的，擁有契約關係或責任，大多不受他人影響。人人以平等進入市場討價還價，尋找自己優勢。追求個人需要的滿足和自我利益，導致自發的秩序與自然和諧，造就社會優勢、共同利益及利他的結果。
免於政府干預的自由市場，無人能決定產量與價格，參與者皆受制於市場。無人能控制生產、價格或供給，也沒有確定的個人擁有超越其他個人的權力。每個人自願參與，每個人提供的價格與數量不同，因而保障了自由。
競爭規範行為，防止自我利益對他人的傷害。競爭是道德強制的關鍵，政府正缺乏這一點，是組織社會的手段。
自由化使市場能接管並去政治化許多分配予政府的職能與監管，就會出現非干預性的公共政策，即有限政府，人們能遵照自己的想法。
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In 2004, the publication of an authorized biography, John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics[62] by a friend and fellow progressive economist Richard Parker renewed interest in Galbraith life journey and legacy.
In 2004, the publication of an authorized biography, John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics[62] by a friend and fellow progressive economist Richard Parker renewed interest in Galbraith life journey and legacy.
Parker, Richard（郭路譯），2005，《加爾布雷斯傳》（John Kenneth Galbraith：His Life, His Politics, His Economics）。2009譯本，頁475。中國北京：中信出版社，2009。作者部分改寫引述文字。
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*表示有漢憶本
*Galbraith memoir, A Life in Our *Times was published in 1981.[61] It contains discussion of his thoughts, his life, and his times.
約翰·加爾布雷思主要著作
- 《美國資本主義：抗衡力量的概念》*（1952年）
- 《1929年大崩盤》*（1955年）
- 《豐裕社會》*（1958年）（《好社會：人道的記事本》加爾布雷思晚年力作，是對其名著《豐裕社會》觀念的補充修正。）
- 《新工業國》*（1967年）
- 《經濟學與公共目標》*（1973年）
- 《不確定的年代》*（1976年）
- 《一個永久開明人士的記述》（1971年）
《富裕社會》(The Affluent Society ) by John Kenneth Galbraith
葛爾布拉特著《富裕社會》(The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, 1957) 香港：今日世界出版社，1970，
由於譯文沒一個字母 所以必須參考些原書
The affluent society - Google Books
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The affluent society. Front Cover · John Kenneth Galbraith · 3 Reviews. Houghton Mifflin