The affluent society
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1998 - Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
69,000 words, Guess
Page Count
276 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveaffluentsociety0000galb
- Internet Archiveaffluentsociety00galb_4
- ISBN-100395925002
- ISBN-139780395925003
- LibraryThing7838
Classifications
- DDC330.973
- LCCHC106.5 .G32 1998
- LCCHC106.5.G32 1998
and 2 more
- LCCHC106.5 .G32 1998eb
- DDC330.973 G
Description
A discussion by a reknown economist, Galbraith, about the "more" society and how it operates.
First Sentence
WEALTH IS NOT without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
Description
Galbraith's classic on the "economic of abundance" is, in the words of the New York Times, "a compelling challenge to conventional thought." With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Galbraith cuts to the heart of what economic security means (and doesn't mean) in today's world and lays bare the hazards of individual and societal complacence about economic inequity. While "affluent society" and "conventional wisdom" (first used in the book) have entered the vernacular, the message of the book has not been so widely embraced--reason enough to rediscover The Affluent Society.
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