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Title:
The affluent society revisited / Mike Berry.
Author:
Berry, Michael, 1948- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Call Number:
HC106.5 .G326 B47 2013
Abstract:
This book revisits John Kenneth Galbraith's The affluent society in the context of the background to and causes of the global economic crisis that erupted in 2008.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199686506
Physical Description:
vi, 204 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Why revisit The affluent society? -- The power of ideas: reflections on the conventional wisdom -- The central tradition -- Inequality -- Economic security -- The ambiguities of production -- The dethroned consumer -- Inflation -- Debt -- The theory of social balance -- Switching tracks -- The idea of power -- The moral order -- Concluding thoughts.
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