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The Affluent Society is a 1958 (4th edition revised 1984) book by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith. The book sought to clearly outline the manner in which the post– World War II United States was becoming wealthy in the private sector but remained poor in the public sector, lacking social and physical infrastructure, and ...
John Kenneth Galbraith's international bestseller The Affluent Society is a witty, graceful and devastating attack on some of our most cherished economic myths. As relevant today as when it was first published over forty years ago, this newly updated edition of Galbraith's classic text on the 'economics of abundance', lays bare the hazards of ...
How did the U.S. economy and society change after World War II? Learn about the rise of the suburbs, the consumer boom, the civil rights movement, and the challenges of the Affluent Society.
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...
work by Galbraith. Learn about this topic in these articles: discussed in biography. In John Kenneth Galbraith. …critique of the wealth gap, The Affluent Society (1958), Galbraith faulted the “conventional wisdom” of American economic policies and called for less spending on consumer goods and more spending on government programs.
15 de oct. de 1998 · 4.5 271 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.
The Affluent Society. John Kenneth Galbraith. HMH, Oct 15, 1998 - Business & Economics - 288 pages. The classic by the renowned economist: “One of those rare works that forces a nation to...
