The Affluent Society

John Galbraith

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Houghton Mifflin
01 October 1998

Sociology & anthropology; Economics & Business

"John Kenneth Galbraith's classic investigation of private wealth and public poverty in postwar America.

With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith gets at the heart of what economic security means in The Affluent Society.

Warning against individual and societal complacence about economic inequity, he offers an economic model for investing in public wealth that challenges ""conventional wisdom"" (a phrase he coined that has since entered our vernacular) about the long-term value of a production-based economy and the true nature of poverty. Both politically divisive and remarkably prescient, The Affluent Society is as relevant today on the question of wealth in America as it was in 1958."

By: John Galbraith
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 40th Anniversary ed
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9780395925003
ISBN 10: 0395925002
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 01 October 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Affluent Society

With his 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 complacency about economic inequity. One of the most gifted writers alive . . . tumbling the tribal Gods of both left and right. Boston Globe With his 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 complacency about economic inequity. The New York Times