the affluent society

基本解释

For years Galbraith’s most famous book was “The Affluent Society”, which came out in 1958.
多年来，加尔布雷斯最著名的著作是1958年出版的《丰裕社会》。
The rise of the affluent society has left people with lots of time and talent to spare, Mr Shirky argues.
Shirky先生认为：富裕社会兴起，使人有了更多空余的时间和精力。
It enabled us to "avoid awkward effort or unwelcome dislocation of life," he wrote in The Affluent Society.
他在《富裕生活》中写道：“它使我们避免了无功的努力或者是错位调整。”

"The Affluent Society." He argued that while private individuals in America were becoming wealthier, public institutions were growing poor.

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