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@BrianJopek@mastodon.world · 3 hours ago

John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, and public intellectual. He was one of the most influential economic thinkers and writers of the 20th century. Galbraith served as a professor at Harvard University for over five decades and authored more than 40 books, many of which were bestsellers and brought economic ideas to a broad public audience. - Memes, Dreams, Reflections
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A photo of John Kenneth Galbraith with an excerpt from the speech he gave to the U.S. Senate on 18 December, 1963.

THE MODERN CONSERVATIVE IS, IN FACT, NOT ESPECIALLY MODERN.
HE IS ENGAGED, ON THE CONTRARY, IN ONE OF MAN'S OLDEST, BEST FINANCED, MOST APPLAUDED AND, ON THE WHOLE, LEAST SUCCESSFUL EXERCISES IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY. THAT IS THE SEARCH FOR A TRULY SUPERIOR MORAL JUSTIFICATION FOR SELFISHNESS. — A photo of John Kenneth Galbraith with an excerpt from the speech he gave to the U.S. Senate on 18 December, 1963. THE MODERN CONSERVATIVE IS, IN FACT, NOT ESPECIALLY MODERN. HE IS ENGAGED, ON THE CONTRARY, IN ONE OF MAN'S OLDEST, BEST FINANCED, MOST APPLAUDED AND, ON THE WHOLE, LEAST SUCCESSFUL EXERCISES IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY. THAT IS THE SEARCH FOR A TRULY SUPERIOR MORAL JUSTIFICATION FOR SELFISHNESS.

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