Question

add an in - text citation using mla format.
competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as john kenneth galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, \control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands,\ leading at least one critic of capitalism, karl marx, to predict the end of the free market system.
source: the affluent society by john kenneth galbraith, chapter 4, page 36. published by houghton mifflin company, new york 1998:
in addition, there was the gnawing doubt as to whether competition, in fact, existed. as the nineteenth century wore along, both firms and fortunes grew. control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands—a development which was heralded by marx as marking the system’s ultimate collapse.

Explanation:

To add an in - text citation in MLA format, we follow the MLA rules. The source is "The Affluent Society" by John Kenneth Galbraith, chapter 4, page 36, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York 1998. In MLA, the in - text citation should include the author's last name and the page number (if available). So we insert (Galbraith 36) at the appropriate place in the text. For example, in the sentence "Competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as John Kenneth Galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, 'control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands,' leading at least one critic of capitalism, Karl Marx, to predict the end of the free market system." we can add the citation as "Competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as John Kenneth Galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, 'control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands,' leading at least one critic of capitalism, Karl Marx, to predict the end of the free market system (Galbraith 36)."

Answer:

For the given text, the in - text citation in MLA format would be adding (Galbraith 36) at the end of the relevant sentence. For example, the sentence "Competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as John Kenneth Galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, 'control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands,' leading at least one critic of capitalism, Karl Marx, to predict the end of the free market system." would become "Competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as John Kenneth Galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, 'control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands,' leading at least one critic of capitalism, Karl Marx, to predict the end of the free market system (Galbraith 36)."