Years ago, Bob Fitch wrote an essay titled "A Galbraith Reappraisal: the Ideologue as Gadfly" in E.K. Hunt and Jesse Schwartz, A CRITIQUE OF ECONOMIC THEORY, Penguin, 1972. It's been many years since I read it, but if I remember correctly, it says tht Galbraith says a lot of radical-sounding things (being a gadfly) at the same time he basically apologizes for capitalism. A lot of Galbraith is like Veblen: he's very critical of the system, but he thinks the way to fix things is for the experts to be in charge. I wouldn't call him a socialist at all. More of a technocrat, or someone who wants the intellectuals to rule. At 11:32 PM 6/10/99 +1000, you wrote: >Hi again Chas, >>Are you saying Galbraith is a critic of capitalism ? > >Not much doubt in my mind, Chas! Old JK is no Bolshie, but he's a >socialist, for mine. ... Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/jdevine.html
