Tag: John Kenneth Galbraith

  • The 1 percent needs better defenders

    The Economist Jun 17th 2013, 20:18 by M.S.  APPARENTLY someone, perhaps John Kenneth Galbraith, once said that the way to debate Milton Friedman was to wait for him to say “Let us assume…” and then immediately interrupt and say “No, let’s not assume that.” (Via Clay Shirky, via Dan Davies.) I thought of this quip on Saturday while…