AuthorGalbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006
TitleThe Affluent society / John Kenneth Galbraith
Imprint Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1969
Edition 2nd ed., rev
Descript xxxii, 333 p. ; 19 cm

CONTENT

The affuent 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 versus price stability -- The theory of social balance -- The investment balance -- The transition -- The divorce of production from security -- The redress of balance -- The new position of poverty -- Labour, leisure, and the new class -- On security and survival


SUBJECT

  1. Economics
  2. Economics -- History -- United States
  3. United States -- Economic policy
  4. United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-

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Central Library : Stack (Contact Staff)330.973 G148A CHECK SHELVES
Political Science Library : Chamnan Collectionช 00283 1969 LIB USE ONLY