BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Affluent Society
- a community in which material wealth is widely distributed
Additional Resources
- True wealth.(In Fact ...)(report from group of affluent Americans presents stories from wealthy people on how they got rich)(Brief Article)
- * Forbes magazine's annual celebration of the 400 richest Americans has just appeared. As a kind of companion document we recommend another report, I Didn't Do It Alone: Society's Contribution to Individual Wealth and Success. The authors are Chuck Collins, Scott Klinger and Mike Lapham, of...
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- Letters
- Increasing participation Recently, RE/MAX Associates of Topeka has been airing a TV commercial showing a woman in a wheelchair shopping for a home. Good for them. It's about time all Americans were shown fully able to participate in what our affluent society has to offer. ...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Affluence threatens pro-life values, says pope
- VATICAN CITY AFP — Pope Benedict XVI hit out at the hedonism of affluent society for weakening Christian pro-life values in a strong condemnation of abortion and euthanasia. Benedict told thousands of pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square for his weekly angelus blessing that life was often "extolled for...
- Research articles 2006-02-05
- Economist Kenneth Galbraith dies at 97
- NEW YORK AFP — Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who focused on core issues like the distribution of wealth, has died at a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 97. Citing the late economist's son, Alan Galbraith, the newspaper said Galbraith was one of the most widely read...
- Research articles 2006-04-30
- A Stranger's Eye -- A foreign correspondent's view of Britain By Fergal Keane.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 June 2000-PENGUIN BOOKS: A Stranger's Eye -- A foreign correspondent's view of Britain By Fergal Keane C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13062000 Published by Viking in hardback on 19th May 2000 at GBP16.99. Fergal Keane, the former BBC...
- Research articles 2000-06-14
- 1992 Ad
- American voters may be mad, but they're not flaky. Nor are they disposed to continue politics as usual. There are signs that the serious candidates are starting to listen to them. WHAT ARE the lessons, so far, from this first presidential election in our history in which a majority...
- Research articles 1992-04-27
- St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace to hold wealth management seminar
- Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C., the second-largest locally owned, independent, full-service CPA firm, with an office in St. Charles, will be holding a complimentary The St. Louis Millionaire Next Door seminar from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, at the St. Louis Art Museum Auditorium in Forest Park....
- Research articles 2004-11-18
- Canada's ETF: Looking Pretty Good
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The Canada ETF EWC has been a recent Chartwell ETF Pick of the Week. As an affluent, high-tech industrial society in the trillion-dollar class, Canada resembles the US in its market-oriented economic system, pattern of production, and affluent living standards. by Carl T. Delfeld
- External links 2009-01-26
- The War Against Tobacco Slows
- This post was written by Maggie Mahar and Niko Karvounis 2007 marked the first time in 50 years that less than 20% of Americans smoked. This is the good news. The bad news is that, just as the battle against smoking has entered what may be its most critical, final...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Growing Old The Hard Way: China, Russia, India
- OVER THE PAST decade and a half, the phenomenon of population aging in the "traditional" or already affluent OECD societies has become a topic of sustained policy analysis and concern.1 The reasons for this growing attention - and apprehension - are clear enough. By such metrics as median age or...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Disruptive Innovation for Social Change
- Good enough innovations may be the best drivers of social change. The Idea in Brief The U.S. spends more money on health care than any other nation. Yet many less...
- Articles 2008-02-13
- Helping Cash-Strapped Families Save for the Future
- Will you be spending or saving your US stimulus check? Uncle Sam, of course, is betting that you will spend it and improve the economy. But Harvard Business School professor Peter Tufano has devoted many years exploring ways that society can encourage non-affluent citizens to save for...
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Irish Land Scam Alleged in Texas
- O'Driscoll, Sean Irish Voice 08-31-2004 A TEXAS-based Tyrone woman who had contacts at the very top of the Republican Party there is alleged to have swindled more than $500,000 from society friends by offering them non-existent Irish property. Speaking from...
- Research articles 2004-08-31
- What about the 'overclass?' - Column
- The author Michael Lind was interviewed on the indispensable MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and was questioned about some of the theses of his book The Next American Nation [reviewed this issue, p. 60]. One of these is that the United States is headed toward a `Brazilianization' of society, by which Mr. Lind...
- Research articles 1995-09-11
- Michaels' automated DC is a work of art: a new $7.75-million automated distribution center in Hazleton, PA, for Michaels Stores allows the arts and crafts merchandise retailer to pick, pack and ship an average of 15 truckloads per day of items selected fr
- Whether you attribute it to society's increasing focus on home-based, family activities, a more affluent baby-boomer population, the rising trend of crafting as a second form of household income, or the popularity of home decorating shows, the do-it-yourself arts and crafts business is booming. And perfectly...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- Critics say house prices keep out Hispanics.(News)
- In affluent Barrington Hills, new homes must be built on lots at least five acres in size. In Glen Ellyn, developers are allowed to build no more than three homes on one acre of land. And in Batavia, where lot sizes vary,...
- Research articles 2000-08-05
- The trend drug stores can't ignore
- "The Trend You Can't Ignore," the title of the editorial column in American Demographics' July issue, hits a hot button for me. Referring to the changing ethnic complexion of America, editor-in-chief Brad Edmonson writes, "The multiracial society is such a well-known story that many people don't see it anymore."...
- Research articles 1994-07-25
- Rupert Murdoch In Beijing: 'The Philistine Phase Of The Digital Age Is Almost Over'
- News Corp (NYSE: NWS) Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch took to the stage at the World Media Summit in Beijing Friday to quote a little Confucius and paint his version of the digital future for his Chinese hosts. Murdoch’s endeavors in China have met with mixed success and some...
- External links 2009-10-09
