While that sounds interesting, I really can't imagine it's particularly light or pleasant reading!Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
I worked my way through The Affluent Society and quite enjoyed it. I can certainly see how it must have been a pretty revolutionary book upon its first publication. I won't deny that I'm a total economics novice nor that I have come away from the book with anything like a proper understanding of some of the economics involved, but I thought the sections on the way that wealth justified itself and the obsessions with production over more tangible and more human measures were pretty interesting. I couldn't help but feel that I liked the book partly because, in some sections, Galbraith was probably preaching to the converted.
This week I've started reading The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler. I'd never heard of it before until I came across it in a bookshop and it sounded interesting. Can't go wrong with a nice book attacking Victorian hypocrisy. I've found it quite amusing so far, and a surprisingly good read. Only about a third the way through, but I'm quite enjoying it.
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