The Affluent Society book
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The Affluent Society is a 1958 book by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith. The book sought to clearly outline the manner in which the post–World War II United States was becoming wealthy in the private sector but remained poor in the public sector, lacking social and physical infrastructure, and perpetuating income disparities. The book sparked much public discussion at the time. It is also credited with popularizing the term "conventional wisdom". Many of the ideas presented were later expanded and refined in Galbraith's 1967 book, The New Industrial State.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Affluent_Society
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n Veblen and Modern Social Theory (Seabury Press, 1978) John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (Penguin, 1999) Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times
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American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder , by Peter Zeihan (2014). The Affluent Society , by Jonathan Galbraith (1958). EXTRAS: " Fareed Zakaria on What Just Ha
676. Has America Lost the Plot? · 2026-06-05
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n Veblen and Modern Social Theory (Seabury Press, 1978) John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (Penguin, 1999) Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times
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American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder , by Peter Zeihan (2014). The Affluent Society , by Jonathan Galbraith (1958). EXTRAS: " Fareed Zakaria on What Just Ha
676. Has America Lost the Plot? · 2026-06-05
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2026-06-05 · Freakonomics Radio · via mentioned · 0.76
American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder , by Peter Zeihan (2014). The Affluent Society , by Jonathan Galbraith (1958). EXTRAS: " Fareed Zakaria on What Just Ha
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2026-06-05 · Freakonomics Radio · via references · 0.65
American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder , by Peter Zeihan (2014). The Affluent Society , by Jonathan Galbraith (1958). EXTRAS: " Fareed Zakaria on What Just Ha
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2023-12-14 · In Our Time · via mentioned · 0.81
n Veblen and Modern Social Theory (Seabury Press, 1978) John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (Penguin, 1999) Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times
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2023-12-14 · In Our Time · via references · 0.69
n Veblen and Modern Social Theory (Seabury Press, 1978) John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (Penguin, 1999) Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times
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gazetteer:book The Theory of the Leisure Class
n Veblen and Modern Social Theory (Seabury Press, 1978) John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (Penguin, 1999) Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times
gazetteer:book 676. Has America Lost the Plot?
American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder , by Peter Zeihan (2014). The Affluent Society , by Jonathan Galbraith (1958). EXTRAS: " Fareed Zakaria on What Just Ha
gazetteer:book The Theory of the Leisure Class
n Veblen and Modern Social Theory (Seabury Press, 1978) John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (Penguin, 1999) Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times
gazetteer:book 676. Has America Lost the Plot?
American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder , by Peter Zeihan (2014). The Affluent Society , by Jonathan Galbraith (1958). EXTRAS: " Fareed Zakaria on What Just Ha