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ISBNs | 978-5-6040009-6-0 |
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The weight | 0,432 kg |
Size | 215 × 145 mm |
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The Affluent Society is the most famous work of John Galbraith, which was published in 1958 and published for the first time in Russian.
At the center of a fascinating narrative is the prosperous United States of the 1950s (an attentive reader can easily correlate what is described with today's realities in many developed countries). Successful private businesses are constantly bringing new consumer products to market. There are so many of them that only gigantic advertising expenses and affordable credit allow selling everything produced. But despite the abundance that has already been achieved, economic growth remains the criterion for the successful management of the country. All attempts by the state to develop collectively consumed goods, be it education or the urban environment, raise suspicions of corruption and are chronically underfunded.
How is such a paradoxical combination of "private abundance and public poverty" possible? Galbraith considers several reasons: inertia in the development of economic science, ignoring new realities; the self-interest of many people; and the detrimental effects of policies that promise people increased personal wealth and consumption in exchange for not fighting poverty and inequality.
The publication will take pride of place on the bookshelf of both business theorists and practitioners, both experienced and beginners.