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The affluent society

Pages
288
Published
1958
Language
English

Synopsis

The Affluent Society is a landmark work of economic and political analysis in which John Kenneth Galbraith argues that post-World War II American prosperity was built on a corporate-industrial complex while public institutions remained underfunded, poorly managed, and unable to address growing inequality. The book's central thesis — that affluence can mask deep structural problems — became a foundational text for modern critiques of capitalism.

About the author

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John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC was a Canadian and, later, American economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual. As an economist, he leaned toward Post-Keynesian economics from an institutional perspective. Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard Univers...