The Affluent Society: The Economics of the Age of Opulence-A Literate and Expert Revision of the Basic Ideas
by GALBRAITH, John Kenneth
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- CHAPgalAFF
- Title
- The Affluent Society: The Economics of the Age of Opulence-A Literate and Expert Revision of the Basic Ideas
- Author
- GALBRAITH, John Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- book club edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1958-01-01
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Weight
- 1.38 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
About Chaparral Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....