John K. Galbraith: The Age of Uncertainty #1 - The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism

[Junkdrawer]

Last edited Sat Jun 22, 2013, 01:58 PM - Edit history (1)

Every once in a while, DU goes, well, a little funny in the head.

Perhaps a better way to spend a Saturday Morning:

[xtraxritical]

1. Thanks Junkdrawer. I studied economics and I've never seen this.

[Ernest Partridge]

2. A correction.

Looks and sounds to me like James Galbraith's dad: the late John Kenneth Galbraith.

[Junkdrawer]

3. Oops...

[lastlib]

4. I remember watching this series in college on PBS......!

was so impressed, I went and bought the book (still have it!) Never could find the program on videotape (it predated VCRs, I'm pretty sure...) So this is great to find!

My favorite line from the program was Mr. Galbraith saying, "Liberals often do the right thing for the wrong reason. Conservatives do the wrong thing for no reason at all."

[Junkdrawer]

6. The entire series is on YouTube. I discovered that they also make good mp3 listens....

YTD video downloader works great for both purposes.

[lastlib]

5. Galbraith's Wikipedia bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith

Truly a great liberal! A very influential economist and diplomat.