Truthfully, it was a lot more fun watching the show than reading the books.
Besides, Galbraith was a liberal economist and I was more interested in reading Milton Friedman. Nevertheless, I always found Galbraith to be very interesting.
Both men died the same week in 2006. Galbraith in the last week of April and Rukeyser a few days later.
As for Rukeyser, I did not know that PBS had fired him. Rukeyser's show focused on business. He actually made Wall Street interesting, which is why it lasted so long.
Rukeyser & Galbraith were good men who contributed a lot to the world.
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