Hope in a Dark Era: In the Face of Barbarism, Thousands Turn to Democratic Socialism

The modern Democratic party has gone in the opposite direction from that outlined by Galbraith. As the articles states, they "doubled down on capitalism."

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/12/01/hope-dark-era-face-barbarism-thousands-turn-democratic-socialism

From the site:

In his book The American Left and Some British Comparisons, published in 1971, the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith sought to analyze the persistent shortcomings of the Democratic Party. The stakes, he believed, were quite high, as the collapse of the New Deal order seemed imminent.