James K. Galbraith

Visit-Professor of the MSE MSU General Economic Theory Chair .Holds a course of lectures on the subject: «

Macroeconomic Policy Analysis» Lloyd M. Bensen Jr. Head of the Chair in Government-Business Relations and

Professor of Government at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Department of Government,

University of Texas at Austin He holds degrees from Harvard (B. A. magna cum laude, 1974) and Yale (PhD in

economics, 1981). Served in several positions on the staff of the US Congress, including Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee. He directed the LBJ School’s PhD Program in public Policy from 1995 to 1997. Director of the University of Texas Inequality Project. Galbraith served as Chief Technical Adviser to the State Planning Commission, Peoples Republic of China, on a project on macroeconomic reform from 1994 to 1997. Сo-authored some books – «The Economic Problem» (with Robert L. Heilbroner), «Macroeconomics» (with William Darity Jr.) and «Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View», as well as «Balancing Acts: Technology, Finance and the American Future» and «Wage Crisic». James K. Galbraith teaches economics and a variety of the subjects at the LBJ School UT Austin’s Department of Government. He is also a Senior Scholar of the Levy Economics Institute and chairman of «Economists Supporting Arms Reduction» (ECAAR). Writes a column on economic and political issues