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The affluent society
The affluent society
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Galbraith, John Kenneth
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From the Book - 40th anniversary ed.
Affluent 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.
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Subjects
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Business
Economic conditions
Economic policy
Economics
Economics -- United States
Economics -- United States -- History
History
Political
Social Science
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945
United States -- Economic policy
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Galbraith, John Kenneth
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9780395925003
9780547575797
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