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James K. Galbraith

James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Chair in Government / Business Relations at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds degrees from Harvard and Yale. He studied economics as a Marshall Scholar at King's College, Cambridge, and then served on the staff of the U.S. Congress, including as executive director of the Joint Economic Committee. He directs the University of Texas Inequality Project, an informal research group at the LBJ School, is a Senior Scholar of the Levy Economics Institute, and is chair of Economists for Peace and Security, a global professional association.

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All eyes on stocks rally
WorldNetDaily, May 14, 2013
...about identifying existing trends in stocks, precious metals and commodities. Also, on the show, Robinson is joined by James K. Galbraith, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, who presents the latest economic research from...
Will 2013 Be 2008 All Over Again?
Zero Hedge, March 20, 2013
...to prevent the next one.” For that reason I wanted to talk with US economist and book author James K Galbraith ( The Predator State ) in January 2010 about the underlying causes of the global financial crisis and in particular about the...
6 Top Economists Explain Which President Is More Likely to Speed the Next Financial Crisis
Boston IMC, October 31, 2012
...be no better in preventing the next bubble than they were in preventing the last one." 5. James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas: "This election is...
A Galbraith moment at the book fest
Austin American Statesman, October 29, 2012
...During the session ‘Inequality and Instability: The World Economy just before the Great Crisis’. UT economics expert James K. Galbraith fielded an audience question: ‘In what way might the government SPEND to ease the current economic crisis.” ...
Texas Book Festival Field Guide
Texas Observer, October 24, 2012
...Saturday, October 27, 2012. Time: 1:45 - 2:30. Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.030. Venerable economist James K. Galbraith of UT- Austin will discuss his book Inequality and Instability: The World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis. Galbraith has...
The ?Creative Class? Revisited
WBUR On Point, July 12, 2012
...Richard Florida, author of the global best-seller The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City? James K. Galbraith, teaches economics and a variety of other subjects at the LBJ School and University of Texas- Austin’s Department of...
Minding the Gap
Texas Observer, July 4, 2012
...action and public policy—were responsible for their position in society. The only problem with this now-entrenched view, economist James K. Galbraith writes in Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Just Before the Great Crisis, is that...
Can taxing the rich curb a rising tide of inequality?
Globe and Mail, May 24, 2013
...at large? Is taxing income the best way to even the playing field? Here, the work of economist James K. Galbraith is illuminating. His research, which covered the early 1990s to the millennium, showed that if you separate out the wealthiest 15 U.S....
Can taxing the rich curb a rising tide of inequality?
Globe and Mail, May 24, 2013
...at large? Is taxing income the best way to even the playing field? Here, the work of economist James K. Galbraith is illuminating. His research, which covered the early 1990s to the millennium, showed that if you separate out the wealthiest 15 U.S....
How baby boomers are hurting the young
Yahoo! News, May 22, 2013
...while grappling with high levels of student debt and low-paying jobs that don’t cover the bills. Economist James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas has been one advocate of lowering the retirement age to stimulate more job growth further down the...
All eyes on stocks rally
WorldNetDaily, May 14, 2013
...about identifying existing trends in stocks, precious metals and commodities. Also, on the show, Robinson is joined by James K. Galbraith, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, who presents the latest economic research from his...
All eyes on stocks rally
WorldNetDaily, May 14, 2013
...about identifying existing trends in stocks, precious metals and commodities. Also, on the show, Robinson is joined by James K. Galbraith, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, who presents the latest economic research from...
The State Should Rescue the Market Economy
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center, May 10, 2013
...politics, science and the media is so hardened and narrow-minded that the pressing demand of economists Paul Davidson, James K. Galbraith, Richard Koo, Jayati Ghosh and Heiner Flassbeck that could save us from the dangers of a new worldwide economic...
The State Should Rescue the Market Economy
NYC Independent Media Center, May 10, 2013
...politics, science and the media is so hardened and narrow-minded that the pressing demand of economists Paul Davidson, James K. Galbraith, Richard Koo, Jayati Ghosh and Heiner Flassbeck that could save us from the dangers of a new worldwide economic...