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An affluent society is form of society characterized by material abundance for broad segments of the population.

The concept of the abundance society has inspired critics to create new concepts of society: Ulrich Beck (1986) to the concept of the risk society, Gerhard Schulze (1993) to that of the experience society, and Peter Gross (1994) to that of the multi-option society.

Literature

 * John Kenneth Galbraith: The Affluent Society, 1958.
 * Saral Sarkar: Ecosocialism or ecocapitalism? A critical analysis of humanity's fundamental choices, Zed Books, London/New York, 1999.