{"product_id":"the-affluent-society-9780395925003","title":"The Affluent Society","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith's classic investigation of private wealth and public poverty in postwar America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWith customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith gets at the heart of what economic security means in \u003cem\u003eThe Affluent Society\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarning 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Affluent Society\u003c\/em\u003e is as relevant today on the question of wealth in America as it was in 1958.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalbraith, John Kenneth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith\u003c\/b\u003e (1908-2006) was a critically acclaimed author and one of America's foremost economists. His most famous works include The Affluent Society, The Good Society, and The Great Crash. Galbraith was the recipient of the Order of Canada and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, and he was twice awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Business","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641389191442,"sku":"9780395925003","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f349180-de2c-47a9-be75-1371e4465f8a.jpg?v=1733013613","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-affluent-society-9780395925003","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}