James Galbraith

Organization: 
University of Texas, Austin
Position: 
Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Areas of Expertise: 
Economic inequality, macroeconomic reform, public policy, government and the problem of economics; inequality and global unrest
Personal Website: 
Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Notable Publications/Publishers: 

The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too (2008); Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View (Cambridge University Press, (2001 - coedited with Maureen Berner and features contributions from six LBJ School Ph.D. students) The Economic Problem (with the late Robert L. Heilbroner); Macroeconomics (with William Darity, Jr.); Balancing Acts: Technology, Finance and the American Future (1989); Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay (1998)

James Galbraith (TX): Professor of Economics, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin; Author, The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too (2008); Director, University of Texas Inequality Program; Chair of the Board, Economists for Peace; writes weekly column called "Econoclast" for Mother Jones; economic inequality, macroeconomic reform, government and economics