John Kenneth Galbraith
Canadian-born American economist (1908 to 2006); author of The Affluent Society (1958).
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Because familiarity makes ideas acceptable, accepted ideas are very stable
Because familiarity is such an important test of acceptability, the acceptable ideas have great stability.
archive.orgSaid c. 1958This on korrents
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Because familiarity makes ideas acceptable, accepted ideas are very stable
Because familiarity is such an important test of acceptability, the acceptable ideas have great stability.
The Affluent Society (Houghton Mifflin, 1958) Said c. 1958
The conventional wisdom is overturned by the march of events, not by ideas
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
The Affluent Society (Houghton Mifflin, 1958) Said c. 1958
In an affluent society there is no useful line between luxuries and necessities
In the affluent society no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessaries.
The Affluent Society (Houghton Mifflin, 1958) Said c. 1958
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As a society grows richer, the process of satisfying wants increasingly creates them
As a society becomes increasingly affluent, wants are increasingly created by the process by which they are satisfied.
The Affluent Society (Houghton Mifflin, 1958) Said c. 1958
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