“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”

John Kenneth Galbraith

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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...

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