The Culture of Contentment

di John Kenneth Galbraith (Autore)

Princeton University Press, 2017

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 progress. Only economic disaster, military action, or the eruption of an angry underclass seem capable of changing the status quo. A groundbreaking critique, The Culture of Contentment shows how the complacent majority captures the political process and determines economic policy.

• Autore: John Kenneth Galbraith
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Anno: 2017
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 176 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 142 gr.
• EAN: 9780691171654

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