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The Baby Boom — Quiz

Question 10 • Contemporary Studies

Which phrase was used by economist John Kenneth Galbraith to describe the prosperity of the 1950s?

Answer
A
“baby boom generation”
B
“expanding middle class”
C
“affluent society”
D
“postwar years”

Explanation

John Kenneth Galbraith used the phrase “affluent society” to describe the prosperity and rising wealth of postwar America, especially in his 1958 book The Affluent Society. The other phrases describe people or a period, but they are not the term he made famous.

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