“The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.”

About John Kenneth Galbraith

Economist • American

John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, and public official who was a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His influential books on economic topics, such as 'The Affluent...