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Upon publication, this revolutionary study of the economics of opulence became one of the most sought-after books of recent years. Today its perceptions and prescriptions are still so much with us that it is hard to believe that THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY was first published twenty years ago and that a whole generation has grown up in its shadow.
In this, the third revised edition, Galbraith has extensively updated the information and set many aspects of his basic argument into the wider perspectives opened up by the intervening years. Thus, the book that added a new phrase to our language, a new classic to literature, and changed the basic economic attitudes of our age, remains an essential guide to a full understanding of the financial structure upon which America rests. ISBN:0451616647
