Re: John Kenneth Galbraith dies age 97.
- From: hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZNLV@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:43:59 +0100
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:16:25 +0100 'Jim Penfold'
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"hummingbird" <OPRBMDQMZNLV@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Conventional Wisdom", as the best seller "Freakonomics" recently
reminded us, was first coined by the eminent liberal political
economist, John Kenneth Galbraith, who's died at the age of 97.
A man who also said:
"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing
between the disastrous and the unpalatable."
A rare and friendly Genius. A big loss to this planet
Indeed. His book 'The Affluent Society' was brilliant IMHO.
--
"ID cards will potentially make a difference to any area of
everyday life where you already have to prove your identity,
such as opening a bank account, going abroad on holiday,
claiming a benefit, buying goods on credit and renting a video."
........Charles Clarke December 2004:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-1409799,00.html
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