TY - BOOK AU - Galbraith,John Kenneth AU - Galbraith,James K. AU - Galbraith,John Kenneth AU - Galbraith,John Kenneth AU - Galbraith,John Kenneth AU - Galbraith,John Kenneth TI - The affluent society and other writings, 1952-1967 T2 - The Library of America SN - 1598530771 (alk. paper) AV - HC106.5 .G325 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Library of America, Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Group (USA) KW - Depressions KW - 1929 KW - United States KW - Economics KW - History KW - Stock Market Crash, 1929 KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Economic policy N1 - "James K. Galbraith is the editor of this volume"--P. facing t.p; American Window; Includes bibliographical references (p. 1056-1066) and index; American capitalism : the concept of countervailing power -- The Great crash, 1929 -- The affluent society -- The new industrial state -- Appendix : from The affluent society, first edition 1958 : The illusion of national security N2 - Galbraith wrote with an eloquence that burst the conventions of his discipline and won a readership none of his fellow economists could match. This volume gathers four of his key early works, the books that established him as one of the leading public intellectuals of the last century ER -