That section also claims that national security is the only (*) public good that never wants for funding because most public goods have to be caused by the grave desires of society while private goods only need to be desired by individuals; this is also why private goods are heavily advertised.  
One chapter of this work, titled "The Redress of Balance," argues against the classical liberal opposition to sales taxes because although they are not progressive, they are proportional, and they could serve as a vital means of raising money, and it generally advocates sales taxes over property taxes.  That section also claims that national security is the only (*) public good that never wants for funding because most public goods have to be caused by the grave desires of society while private goods only need to be desired by individuals; this is also why private goods are heavily advertised.  It argues against the use of high rates of production as a measure of economic well-being, presumable because that statistic is a part of an outdated body of knowledge founded on now-obsolete European economic thought, which he terms "conventional wisdom."  For 10 points, name this precursor to The New Industrial State, a work of Kenneth Galbraith.
One chapter of this work, titled "The Redress of Balance," argues against the classical liberal opposition to sales taxes because although they are not progressive, they are proportional, and they could serve as a vital means of raising money, and it generally advocates sales taxes over property taxes.  
The {Affluent Society}