The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania.. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1978. Hard Cover. Limited edition of this book has been privately printed and individually signed by the author. Blue leather with gilt lettering on the spine and gilt design front and back. Tissue protects the signature and ribbon marker sewn in. Slight fading on the inside front and back. Gold edges on all sides of the pages. Some foxing at the top. Never been read. ; 6 1/2"-9 1/2"; 384 pages; Signed by Author .

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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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Bookseller: Quinn & Davis Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 500870
Title: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Author: Galbraith, John Kenneth
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania.
Date Published: 1978

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