Ian Sowers’s Reviews > The Affluent Society > Status Update
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“There is no chance that monetary policy can have even a minimal effect on consumer spending while its conflict with the machinery of consumer want creation remains unresolved and, in degree, even recognized”
— Feb 18, 2026 10:05AM
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is on page 268 of 333
‘Men of high position are allowed, by a special act of grace, to accommodate their reasoning to the answer they need. Logic is only required in those of lesser rank.’
— Feb 20, 2026 09:24AM
Ian Sowers
is on page 201 of 333
‘Can the bill collector be the central figure in a good society?’
— Feb 16, 2026 10:32AM
Ian Sowers
is on page 153 of 333
‘One cannot defend production as satisfying wants if that production creates the wants’
— Jan 24, 2026 09:12AM
Ian Sowers
is on page 106 of 333
I’m enjoying this… but sooooooo much left-branching syntax.
— Jan 09, 2026 10:15AM
Ian Sowers
is on page 82 of 333
This doesn’t read like something published almost 70 years ago.
— Jan 06, 2026 08:44AM
