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The affluent society revisited / Mike Berry.
- Title
- The affluent society revisited / Mike Berry.
- Author
- Berry, Michael, 1948-
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HC106.5.G323 B47 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vi, 204 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This title revisits John Kenneth Galbraith's 'The Affluent Society' from the perspective of the background to, and causes of, the 2008 global economic crisis. Each chapter takes a major theme of his book, distils Galbraith's arguments, and then discusses to what extent they cast light on current developments.
- Uniform Title
- University press scholarship online.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780199686506 (hbk.)
- 0199686505 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 859181091
- SCSB-11733689
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library