Galbraith
Galbraith is a Scottish surname, occasionally used as a given name.
The economist John Kenneth Galbraith brought the name prominence in twentieth-century American intellectual life: Have you read any Galbraith?
Prestigious Cambridge university
- professorSenior university teacher
- emeritusRetired with distinction
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
scholarship · institution · research · curriculum · pedagogy · tenure · dissertation · journals
Few firms dominate market
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
monopoly · regulation · capitalism · wealth · poverty · development · growth · inflation
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- military-industrialWar economy alliance
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- skepticOne who doubts claims
dissent · reform · progressive · liberal · contrarian · establishment · elite
Written personal recollection
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- witClever, inventive humor
- proseUnversified language
- satireMockery exposing vice
irony · popularizer · bestseller · manuscript · publication
Official foreign representative
- IndiaSouth Asian republic
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- postingPublishing content online
cables · diplomacy · negotiation · appointment · service
Harvard
Prestigious Cambridge university
seminar · scholarship · institution · research · curriculum · pedagogy · tenure · dissertation · journals · education
oligopoly
Few firms dominate market
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- consumptionUsing up of resources
advertising · monopoly · regulation · capitalism · wealth · poverty · development · growth · inflation
consumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- military-industrialWar economy alliance
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
skeptic · dissent · reform · progressive · liberal · contrarian · establishment · elite
memoir
Written personal recollection
satire · irony · popularizer · bestseller · manuscript · publication
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- IndiaSouth Asian republic
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
posting · cables · diplomacy · negotiation · appointment · service
macroeconomics
Study of aggregate economies
- recessionProlonged economic decline
GalbraithMilton Friedman
Ayn Rand · monetarist · James Buchanan · supply-siders · supply-sider