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How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience John Kenneth Galbraith Guide to Reading John Kenneth Galbraith is the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is internationally known for his development of Keynesian and post-Keynesian economicsas well as for his writing and his active involvement in American politics. In 1958 Galbraith published The Affluent Society, which challenged the myth of the U.S. economy’s reliance on the gross national product for its social stability, positinginstead that consumer’s taste for luxury goods dictatedthe economy’s focus at the