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The affluent society, John Kenneth Galbraith

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non fiction

The affluent society

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John Kenneth Galbraith

Galbraith's classic on the "economics 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 this book) have entered the vernacular, the message of the book has not been so widely embraced--reason enough to rediscover The Affluent Society. -- From Publisher

Introduction to the Fortieth Anniversary Edition -- The affluent society -- The concept of the conventional wisdom -- Economics and the tradition of despair -- The uncertain reassurance -- The American mood -- The Marxian pall -- Inequality -- Economic security -- The paramount position of production -- The imperatives of consumer demand -- The dependence effect -- The vested interest in output -- The bill collector cometh -- Inflation -- The monetary illusion -- Production and price stability -- The theory of social balance -- The investment balance -- The transition -- The divorce of production from security -- The redress of balance -- The position of poverty -- Labor, leisure and the new class -- On security and survival -- Afterword -- Index