false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg 41589 23 1511697 book 1958 The Affluent Society total:194|5:62|4:74|3:46|2:11|1:1| 194 767 404 26 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 4 5 false Sun Aug 31 05:41:25 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 05:41:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 949151 0395243750 9780395243756 3 2 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179721358m/949151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/949151.The_Affluent_Society 4 1 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1981 Thu Apr 09 12:44:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 12:57:16 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 5 0 false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 18 18:29:36 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 04 07:10:26 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 4 0 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Apr 02 18:42:57 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 18:55:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 3 0 false Mon Oct 27 14:11:30 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:11:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 5 0 false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 16:04:20 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 16:04:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Feb 06 02:11:13 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 02:12:27 -0800 2009 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 3 0 false Sat Feb 16 16:26:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 16:37:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 4 0 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Feb 04 05:40:17 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 05:43:19 -0800 2009 The Affluent Society did not provide the gentlest introduction into economics, but neither did I expect simplicity from a thinker as influential as Galbraith.]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 0 0 false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 09:34:12 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 21:43:52 -0700 2009 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 5 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sun Apr 20 01:24:13 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 15:53:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 4 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 07:44:41 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 07:47:33 -0800 2007
I believe this is the book where he coins the phrases "conventional wisdom" and "countervailing power."

Interesting look at politics and political wisdom, and a...more...]]> 949151 0395243750 9780395243756 3 2 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179721358m/949151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/949151.The_Affluent_Society 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Apr 17 12:09:45 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 12:09:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 5 0 false Fri Feb 09 11:16:24 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 16 15:57:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 0 0 true Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 09:26:37 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 10 19:05:42 -0700 2008 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 3 0 false Fri Mar 02 13:43:55 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:16:21 -0800 2009 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 5 0 false Sat Dec 08 10:33:46 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 10:35:47 -0800 2007
These seemed like good ideas but quite a few of them failed as Galbraith later admitted.]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 2 0 false Thu Nov 08 14:41:48 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 14:42:41 -0800 2007
I can't believe I read this when I was in high school...for pleasure.]]> 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 2 0 false Mon Jul 07 16:52:32 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 16:53:28 -0700 2008 41589 0140285199 9780140285192 153 19 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169685730m/41589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41589.The_Affluent_Society 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 10:32:27 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 25 05:10:02 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=41589