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The Culture of Contentment

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Culture of Contentment

By John Kenneth Galbraith

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The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class--not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged majority--defend their comfortable status at a cost. Middle-class voting against regulation and increased taxation that would remedy pressing social ills has created a culture of immediate gratification, leading to complacency and hampering long-term progr...Show more

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9780691171654

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2017

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The Culture of Contentment

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