“All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.”

Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual

John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. He became widely known for books on economic subjects that reached bestseller status from the 1950s through the 2000s. His work as an economist was associated with post-Keynesian thought and an institutionalist outlook. During World War II, he served as deputy director of the Office of Price Administration, where he helped oversee the stabilization of prices, wages, and rents in the United States amid shortages, rationing, inflation, and hoarding.