James Kenneth Galbraith (born January 29, 1952) is an American economist who writes frequently for the popular press on economic topics.
He is currently a professor at the Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs and at the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin.
He is also a Senior Scholar with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and part of the executive committee of the World Economics Association, created in 2011.