[英语学习]How_to_get_the_poor_off_the_conscience.pptVIP

How to Get the Poor Off Our Conscience John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth Galbraith the Last American Institutionalist A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL Three giant U.S economists of 20th century : John Kenneth Galbraith Paul Samulson Amadini Son Quotation private opulence and public squalor Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as mans greatest source of joy. And with death as his?greatest source of anxiety. About the Author The Canadian-born, Berkeley-trained John Kenneth Galbraith has been considered by many as the Last American Institutionalist. As a result, Galbraith has remained something of a renegade (traitor) in modern economics. John Kenneth Galbraith was a pop star, fundamentally a one man crusade; his theories have never found any acceptance in the academic world -- He promoted the collectivist religion which believed that coercive government action against the individual would be in the best interests of the collective whole, of society. Galbraiths first big seller was his Affluent Society (1958). It most likely contributed (and likely to a significant degree) to the war on poverty, being a disastrous government spending policy first brought on by Kennedy and Johnson. This policy (both in the United States and in Canada) not only brought on ruinous levels of debt but split the country into those who have the jobs and those who do not. About The Affluent Society AFFLUENT SOCIETY [affluent society] is the term coined by John Kenneth Galbraith in The Affluent Society (1958) to describe the United States after World War II. An affluent society, as the term was used ironically by Galbraith, is rich in private resources but poor in public ones because of a misplaced priority on increasing production in the private sector. Galbraith argued that industrial production was being devoted to satisfying trivial consumer needs, in part to maintain employment, and that the United States should shift resources to improve schools, the infrastructure, recreationa