The affluent society revisited/

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Mike
Format: Printed Book
Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Global financial crisis, 2008-2009.
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006, Affluent society.
Economics- History- 21st century.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Economics.
United States- Economic policy- 21st century.
United States- Economic conditions- 1943.
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=DQY4AgAAQBAJ&pg=PP2&lpg=PP2&dq=The+affluent+society+revisited/&source=bl&ots=CT-tE5rc6w&sig=0MaQxfRfrltKkKui1l1KkeSgemg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHjfPol43LAhULGY4KHY1EC-QQ6AEIRDAG#v=onepage&q=The%20affluent%20society%20revisited%2F&f=false
Table of 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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