The Culture of (Dis)Contentment

Janet T. Knoedler

Journal of Economic Issues, 2019, vol. 53, issue 2, 303-319

Abstract: John Kenneth Galbraith’s 1992 The Culture of Contentment was written to assess the long-term impact of the Reagan/Bush era on American culture and politics. In light of recent electoral politics and outcomes, this article revisits Galbraith’s central argument to consider how the culture of contentment influences our discontented politics today. To do so, the author briefly examines the recent findings of sociologists and political scientists to examine the culture and politics of discontent in the United States at present. The article concludes with a brief examination of Veblen’s views of democracy as a lens through which to examine the foregoing.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2019.1594496

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