01133nam a2200169Ia 4500 20250117103633.0 250117s9999 xx 000 0 und d 978-0691131412 338.097GAL Galbraith, John Kenneth. The new industrial state Princeton Princeton University Press 2007 liv, 518 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. With 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. Industries--United States. 3412 3412 0 0 0 0 U001 U001 2025-01-17 0 338.097GAL 003450 2025-01-31 00:00:00 2025-01-17 BK