The Affluent Society

by Galbraith, John Kenneth

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. Warning against individual and societal complacence about economic inequity, he offers an economic model for investing in public wealth that challenges “conventional wisdom” (a phrase he coined that has since entered our vernacular) about the long-term value of a production-based economy and the true nature of poverty. Both politically divisive and remarkably prescient, The Affluent Society is as relevant today on the question of wealth in America as it was in 1958.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [9], x-xii, [3], 2-368, [2] pp. Orange cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. ANB, Alexander J. Field, "Galbraith, John Kenneth". The Affluent Society is Galbraith's best-known book. It builds on one of his early publications, titled American Capitalism. In The Affluent Society,… Read more about this item
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First edition of the economist's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Laid in this book is an autographed signed letter to Mr. James English, President of The Connecticut Trust Company dated December 19, 1966. Fine in a… Read more about this item
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. First edition of the 40th anniversary of the economist's landmark work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the half-title page. In near fine condition. John Kenneth Galbraith's breakthrough as a best-selling author came with "The Affluent Society" for which he was honored with the American Economic Association's prestigious presidency.… Read more about this item
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1978. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR John Kenneth Galbraith in As New condition, a stunning collectible; With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Galbraith cuts to the heart of what economic security means (and doesn't mean) in world of the late 20th century and … Read more about this item
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. As New. 1978. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by author John Kenneth Galbraith in As New condition; With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Galbraith cuts to the heart of what economic security means (and doesn't mean) in world of the late 20th century and exposes the hazards of … Read more about this item
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