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Galbraith

American  
[gal-breyth] / ˈgæl breɪθ /

noun

  1. John Kenneth, 1908–2006, U.S. economist, born in Canada.


Galbraith British  
/ ɡælˈbreɪθ /

noun

  1. John Kenneth. 1908–2006, US economist and diplomat born in Canada; author of The Affluent Society (1958), The New Industrial State (1967), and The Culture of Contentment (1992)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As Salon’s Alex Galbraith recently explained in his daily newsletter, Crash Course, Walsh assumes his viewers “weren’t paying attention when their history classes got slightly more complicated.”

From Salon May 20, 2026

I could tell of the latest mystery I have read, the one by a pseudonymous author called Robert Galbraith.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

And though a forensics expert swabbed the interior of the yacht for explosives, there were no testing facilities on the island, said Allan Galbraith, the superintendent in charge of Operation Rainbow.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

He said the cannisters clearly displayed multiple vivid warnings which Mr Laws and Galbraith had ignored.

From BBC May 14, 2025

It was John Kenneth Galbraith, the hyperliterate economic sage, who coined the phrase “conventional wisdom.”

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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