John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes about Wealth

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
"The Sydney Morning Herald" Newspaper, May 22, 1982.
The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.
In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.
'The Affluent Society' (1958) ch. 21
John Kenneth Galbraith (1998). “The Affluent Society”, p.1, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt