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050 0 0 _aHC106.5
_b.G32 1998
082 0 0 _a330.973
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100 1 _aGalbraith, John Kenneth,
_d1908-2006.
245 1 4 _aThe affluent society /
_cJohn Kenneth Galbraith.
250 _a40th anniversary ed.
260 _aBoston :
_bHoughton Mifflin,
_cc1998.
300 _axii, 276 p. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _a"Updated and with a new introduction by the author"--Cover.
500 _a"A Mariner book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAffluent society -- Concept of the conventional wisdom -- Economics and the tradition of despair -- Uncertain reassurance -- American mood -- Marxian pall -- Inequality -- Economic security -- Paramount position of production -- Imperative of consumer demand -- Dependence effect -- Vested interest in output -- Bill collector cometh -- Inflation -- Monetary illusion -- Production and price stability -- Theory of social balance -- Transition -- Divorce of production from security -- Redress of balance -- Position of poverty -- Labor, leisure and the new class -- On security and survival.
520 _aGalbraith'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.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_y1945-
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic policy.
650 0 _aEconomics
_zUnited States.
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm022/98046513.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/98046513-b.html
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