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James K. Galbraith publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James K. Galbraith sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 340 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

James K. Galbraith D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James K. Galbraith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 32 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

James K. Galbraith is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their primary field of study is Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research, and Development.

The main topics in Galbraith's research include:

  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Economic theories and models
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic Sanctions and International Relations

Their recent published papers are:

  • "Economics and the climate catastrophe" (2020) in Globalizations
  • "The quasi-inflation of 2021-2022: a case of bad analysis and worse response" (2023) in Review of Keynesian Economics
  • "The consequences of economic inequality for presidential elections in the United States" (2020) in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
  • "The Dollar System in a Multi-Polar World" (2022) in International Journal of Political Economy
  • "The gift of sanctions: an analysis of assessments of the Russian economy, 2022-2023" (2024) in Review of Keynesian Economics

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Jaehee Choi
  • Jing Chen
  • Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  • Thomas I. Palley

Galbraith has published multiple works in several recurring venues, notably:

  • Review of Keynesian Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Intereconomics
  • Emancipations
  • Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

In addition to journal articles, Galbraith has published books, including "Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice" (2020) with Yale University Press.

Best Publications

  • Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis

    James K. Galbraith

  • ESTIMATING THE INEQUALITY OF HOUSEHOLD INCOMES: A STATISTICAL APPROACH TO THE CREATION OF A DENSE AND CONSISTENT GLOBAL DATA SET

    James K. Galbraith;Hyunsub Kum

  • Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay

    James K. Galbraith

  • Time to Ditch the NAIRU

    James K Galbraith

  • The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too

    James K. Galbraith

  • Persistent Disparity: Race and Economic Inequality in the United States Since 1945

    James K. Galbraith;William A. Darity;Samuel L. Myers

  • Constructing Long and Dense Time-Series of Inequality Using the Theil Index

    Pedro Conceicao;James K. Galbraith

  • Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View

    James K. Galbraith;Berner Maureen

  • The End of Normal: The Great Crisis and the Future of Growth

    James K. Galbraith

  • Inequality and Unemployment in Europe: The American Cure

    James K. Galbraith;James K. Galbraith;Pedro Conceicao;Pedro Ferreira

  • State Income Inequality and Presidential Election Turnout and Outcomes

    James K. Galbraith;J. Travis Hale

  • A perfect crime: inequality in the age of globalization

    James K. Galbraith

  • Inequality, unemployment and growth: New measures for old controversies

    James K. Galbraith

  • Constructing Long and Dense Time-Series of Inequality Using the Theil Index

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  • The Experience of Rising Inequality in Russia and China during the Transition (1)

    James K. Galbraith;Ludmila Krytynskaia;Qifei Wang

  • Inequality and Economic Growth: A Global View Based on Measures of Pay

    James K. Galbraith;Hyunsub Kum

  • Global inequality and global macroeconomics

    James K. Galbraith

  • Stabilizing an Unstable Economy: A Twentieth Century Fund Report

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  • The Theil Index in Sequences of Nested and Hierarchic Grouping Structures: Implications for the Measurement of Inequality through Time with Data Aggregated at Different Levels of Industrial Classification

    Pedro Conceição;James K. Galbraith;Peter Bradford

  • Kapital for the Twenty-First Century?

    James K. Galbraith

  • Pay Inequality in Turkey in the Neo-Liberal Era, 1980-2001

    Adem Y. Elveren;James K. Galbraith

  • Inequality and economic and political change: a comparative perspective

    James K. Galbraith

  • The distribution of income

    James K. Galbraith;James K. Galbraith

  • Inequality and Industrial Change: Toward a New Kuznets Hypothesis: Theory and Evidence on Growth and Inequality

    Pedro Conceição;James K. Galbraith

  • Inequality and Economic Growth: Data Comparisons and Econometric Tests

    James K. Galbraith;James K. Galbraith;Hyunsub Kum;Hyunsub Kum;Hyunsub Kum

  • Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know®

    James K. Galbraith

Frequent Co-Authors

William Darity
William Darity Duke University
L. Randall Wray
L. Randall Wray Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Paul Davidson
Paul Davidson University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Gøsta Esping-Andersen Pompeu Fabra University
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University
Frederic S. Mishkin
Frederic S. Mishkin Columbia University
Adam S. Posen
Adam S. Posen Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edward N. Wolff
Edward N. Wolff New York University
Ben S. Bernanke
Ben S. Bernanke Brookings Institution
Mario Pianta
Mario Pianta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

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