John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) was a Canadian-born American economist who taught at Harvard for about half a century and wrote widely read books on capitalism, including The Affluent Society and The New Industrial State. During World War II he helped run the Office of Price Administration, which controlled prices and rents, and he later served as President Kennedy's ambassador to India. He advised Democratic administrations from Franklin Roosevelt onward.