Chosen as one of the best books of 2005 by both The New York Times and The Globe and Mail, Richard Parker’s biography of John Kenneth Galbraith has garnered international acclaim for its highly readable portrayal of its extraordinary subject: a Canadian-born Harvard economist who holds a central place in the development of liberal politics, Keynesian economics and the modern world. Tracing his rise from an Ontario farm to the epicentre of American public life, this is the engaging story of an iconic thinker whose provocative ideas on deregulated markets, corporate greed and military spending are more relevant than ever.