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Article: The Ken Galbraith (and Bill Buckley) show. (PBS documentary on the life of John Kenneth Galbraith)
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- Nieman Reports
- Article date:
- December 22, 1997
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My interview with John Kenneth Galbraith began with his asking me a question. Peering down from his 6 feet 8 inches, the 88-year-old Galbraith inquired, "Just how many hours do you plan this series to be on my life?"
Standing tall at 5 feet 4 inches, I sheepishly replied "Well, just one hour," knowing that, at the time, funding for only a half-hour television documentary was available.
Over the next three days last March the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Emeritus, B.S.A., S.M., Ph.D., A.M., LL.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Litt.D., L.H.D., S.D., held court, remembering detail after detail of his life, relating historical anecdotes and offering ...