John Kenneth Galbraith's Famous Economist

John Kenneth Galbraith is a famous economist. He invented a unique way of “doing” economics. This new way of doing things caused him to become a critic of conservatives and liberal economists. Galbraith believed in government power to balance the role of corporations in the economy and to financially support various activities, such as the arts. Galbraith believes that that those who do the same thing everyday, 40 hours or more every week deserve to be highly compensated for what they are doing. I can understand the feeling of those that believe those who work in a setting where you are doing the same thing over and over again deserve shorter hours and a larger pay because they are taking the jobs that nobody wants to do and producing necessities to the lives we live, but they don’t deserve the …show more content…
Everyday Ben clocks into work, changes into his uniform, goes to the section of the factory that he works in, picks up the screw driver, waits for the car to come to him, and buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, screws four bolts into the car to keep the tire in place. The next car comes, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz he screws four bolts into the car. He repeats this process until his shift is over. Ben then does the same thing everyday. Does this job contain as much brain power as a programmer, or a lawyer? No. So does Ben and all his employees really need to be paid the same as the lawyer or the programmer? Not necessarily. I’m not saying they deserve to get paid close to nothing but, I don’t think it should be nearly as much as the the lawyer or the programmer. Having a repetitive job might not be the most fun job in the world but, it is definitely not one of the hardest jobs out there. They don’t take the same mental capacity as the lawyer, programmer, or doctor. Because of that, do they really deserve more money and shorter hours