11. It was a matter of an affluent society . 12. 46 . ` THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY ,'John Kenneth Galbraith 13. "Drugs, crime, terrorism, unemployment and increasing poverty are part of our affluent societies , " he said. 14. Since they grew up in a very affluent society , they have a romantic notion about being poor. 15. Schizophrenia is associated with maternal starvation during pregnancy while autism has become increasingly common in affluent societies . 16. Prada fashion has communicated membership in a cool, secretly knowing and affluent society , however pretentious that may sound. 17. Bourdieu believed that the prosperous and affluent societies of the west were becoming the " cultural capital ". 18. But with other young artists, he began to feel alienated from the materialism of this newly affluent society . 19. Some of the frustration is unrealistic, whiny _ the empty anguish of an affluent society demanding perpetual gratification. 20. After the Second World War, investment in colonial mining and transportation ceased and Belgium became a more affluent society .