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About James Galbraith

James K. Galbraith is director of the University of Texas Inequality Project.He writes a regular column on economic and political issues for the Texas Observer.

Articles by James Galbraith

Wednesday 17th September

Globally unequal: a response to Clive Crook

James Galbraith, 17 September 2003
In their rush to claim credit for globalisation’s bright spots, partisans of neoliberal economics cannot evade blame for its disasters.
Wednesday 10th September

Globalisation and inequality: 'The Economist' gets it wrong

James Galbraith, 10 September 2003
The prestigious “Economist” uses the work of Stanley Fischer to depict a world where inequality between rich and poor is narrowing. Is it telling the truth?
Thursday 21st August

'We send our best guy to Iraq and he comes home in a box'

James Galbraith, 21 August 2003
James Galbraith remembers a good man, and recalls a terrible warning of the Iraqi war.
Sunday 20th July

The real American model

James Galbraith, 20 July 2003
The US economic model that commands around a third of the world’s wealth fascinates and infuriates Europeans. But both reactions reveal ignorance of its most essential features. The keys to its success lie not in industry, but in those sectors providing social amenities to the middle class – health care, education, housing and pensions: systems of provision that have little to do with the free market.
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