01106nam a2200157Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000190005808200150007710000290009224500290012126000480015030000250019850000510022352006430027465000310091720250117103633.0250117s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a978-0691131412  a338.097GAL  aGalbraith, John Kenneth. 4aThe new industrial state  aPrincetonbPrinceton University Pressc2007  aliv, 518 p. ; 21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aWith searing wit and incisive commentary, John Kenneth Galbraith redefined America's perception of itself in The New Industrial State, one of his landmark works. The United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, Galbraith argues, but a structured state controlled by the largest companies. Advertising is the means by which these companies manage demand and create consumer "need" where none previously existed. Multinational corporations are the continuation of this power system on an international level. The goal of these companies is not the betterment of society, but immortality through an uninterrupted stream of earnings.  aIndustries--United States.