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The Affluent Society
by Galbraith, John Kenneth
- Used
- Condition
- Fine but for age fading to edges of moire end papers. Otherwise, a beautiful, tight, unread copy. Signed by Galbraith on a front
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine but for age fading to edges of moire end papers. Otherwise, a beautiful, tight, unread copy. Signed by Galbraith on a front free end paper, with tissue guard.. Teal leather/boards; elaborate gilt decoration on covers and spine. Gilt lettering and 3 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt; moire end papers with matching place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket; as issued. 384 pp. with no illustrations. Included is a special message from the author to the subscribers and a 25-page introduction.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 161551
- Title
- The Affluent Society
- Author
- Galbraith, John Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine but for age fading to edges of moire end papers. Otherwise, a beautiful, tight, unread copy. Signed by Galbraith on a front
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Gallimaufry; John Kenneth Galbraith; Franklin Library; Signed ; John Kennet Galbraith ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Fine
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