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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (62828)	10/21/2007 1:18:12 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 90947

Oyster: "koan, upon consideration I've decided to waste some minutes of my time and some seconds of yours." Well, that is big of you Oyster. But that is a pretty hostile introductory sentence. True intellectuals treat each other with respect. And try to learn from each other, not force their ideas on each other. Now if you are prepared to enter a civil debate and not accuse me of "trolling" (whatever that is), or threaten to ban me for my ideas, I would be happy to debate you. But I will not argue with you, or anyone else, nor will I stupe to name calling. And I will "waste some of my time" debating my ideas, although I am sure we will never agree on much of anything. I am well aware that liberal's and conservative's talk right past each other. That makes it even more important for people of both persuasions to speak to each other in a respectful manner. Would you not agree? You know nothing about me, yet you act as though I am some uneducated slob who just needs to be intellectually rescued by you and pointed in the right direction. I have read as many of the great thinkers of the world as I could trying to learn from them. And I am an old man. A little about me: I have been the state Director of three state agencies: Office of Alcholism and Drug Abuse, Emergency Medical Services and coordinating a state disaster. I have been a teacher, gone to graduate school and run for the state legislature. I was also the principle author of both of the intial state plans for the office's mentioned above, and in implementing said state programs. I am on SI mostly as I make most of my money trading mining shares and am well known on said threads. I do not believe all of the ideas of anyone, but in most universities in the world Keynes and Galbraith are considered intellectual giants. Many people feel Keynes (who predicted the 1929 crash) to be on an intellectual par with with Einstein. I agree that economics is as much a social science as a hard science, but all the more reason that the most important philosophical/social thinkers be understood and considered, not dismissed out of hand. Max Weber was probably the most eduated man who ever lived and was responsible for much of modern day social theory. To dismiss James Joyce and Sartre as unimportant is silly. And I do not agree with lots of what these guys or any of the philosopher's or pundents say, but I believe in an eclectic philosophy taking from the wisdom of all thinkers and cultures. So I will await your response. Cheers. This article is about the American economist. For the Pennsylvania Congressman, see John Galbraith (Pennsylvania). Western economists 20th century economists (Institutional economics) Name John Kenneth Galbraith Birth October 15, 1908 Iona Station, Ontario, Canada Death April 29, 2006, age 97 Cambridge, Massachusetts School/tradition Institutional economics Main interests Economics, Political economy Notable ideas Keynesian economics, institutional economics John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908–April 29, 2006) was an influential Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and progressivism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers in the 1950s and 1960s. Galbraith was a prolific author who produced four dozen books and over a thousand articles on various subjects. Among his most famous works was a popular trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967). He taught at Harvard University for many years. Galbraith was active in politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; and among other roles served as U.S. ambassador to India under Kennedy. He was one of a few two-time recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He received one from President Truman in 1946 and another from President Bill Clinton in 2000[1]. He was also awarded the Order of Canada in 1997[2] and, in 2001, the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, for his contributions to strengthening ties between India and the United States.[3].