The Affluent Society
Updated with a New Introduction by the Author
$30.71
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
5 August 1999
Summary
A compelling challenge to conventional thought. New York Times
In this newly updated edition of his classic text on the “economics of abundance”, Galbraith lays bare the hazards of individual and social complacency about economic inequality. It is as relevant now, with the ever-widening gap between rich and poor, as when it was first published 40 years ago.
Galbraith challenges why we worship work and productivity when so many of the goods we produce are superfluous, and why w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140285192 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140285199 |
| Author: | John Kenneth Galbraith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Release Date: | 5 August 1999 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 131mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Economics |
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John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith has written 30 books, spanning four decades. He has been awarded honorary degrees from Harvard, Oxford, the University of Paris and Moscow University. In 1998, he celebrated his 90th birthday. He continues to work as the Paul M Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University.
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