Professor James Galbraith is a distinguished professor and Chair of

Government and Business Relations at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at

the University of Texas in Austin and the son of renowned economist

John Kenneth Galbraith. James is the Chair of the international

organization Economists for Peace and Security and a Senior Scholar of

the Levy Economics Institute.  In the early 80s, he served on the

Congressional staff as the Executive Director of the Joint Economic

Committee.  Prof. Galbraith holds degrees from Harvard and Yale

universities and has written many critical books challenging the

nation’s predominant economic policy legislation and the paradigm from

which it is based.  His latest book is, “The End of Normal: The Great

Crisis and the Future of Growth” and a new book “Inequality: What

Everyone Needs to Know” will be released in March from Oxford University

Press.Gary played this You Tube clip as well:YOU TUBE CLIP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRZZpk_9k8ETITLE - Politically-Challenged: Texas Tech Edition DESCRIPTION

- Texas Tech's new student political organization PoliTech goes to

campus to see how much our students know about their nation's politics!

You might be surprised.