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John Kenneth Galbraith

The Affluent Society

The Affluent Society

A landmark 1958 book by economist John Kenneth Galbraith exploring the contrast between private wealth and public squalor in postwar America.

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    “What should we do with all our Postwar wealth? We should enrich the public good. Did we do it? Kind of until the 70s/80s.”

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