1908 was born in a Scottish immigrant peasant family in Ontario, Canada. 193 1 graduated from Ontario Agricultural College, Canada with a bachelor's degree. Then I went to Berkeley, and then I studied agricultural economics at the University of California. 1933 received a master's degree and a doctorate the following year (the doctoral thesis was entitled "County Expenditure in California"). During his study in Berkeley, Galbraith carefully studied Marshall's Principles of Economics and Van Buren's works. Keynes's thoughts had a certain influence on Galbraith in his youth. 1934, Galbraith came to Harvard University as a lecturer, teaching agricultural economics, and was also the academic director of boarding students. While working at Harvard, Galbraith met Joseph Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, and later became good friends with them. 196 1 year, John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States, which had an important influence on Galbraith's political activities in the 1960s. He has served as deputy director of the US Price Administration, head of the post-war US strategic bombing investigation team, and director of the the State Council Economic and Security Policy Office. Galbraith also served as an associate professor at Princeton University and editor of Fortune magazine. 1949, professor of economics at Harvard University; 196 1 to 1963, American ambassador to India. 1972 was elected president of the American Economic Association. He is currently an honorary professor of economics at the Paul M. warburg Lecture at Harvard University. In the first 40 years of the second half of the 20th century, he insisted on writing and wrote more than 30 books, which can be described as a masterpiece.