The Affluent Society
Updated with a New Introduction by the Author
(Author) John Kenneth Galbraith
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Presents the hazards of individual and social complacency about economic inequality. This title challenges why we worship work and productivity when so many of the goods we produce are superfluous, and why we grudge spending on public works while ignoring extravagance in the private sector.
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Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
276
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780140285192
Publish year:
1999
Publish date:
Aug. 5, 1999
John Kenneth Galbraith
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