Download or read book The Acquisitive Society written by R H Tawney and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Acquisitive Society (1920), one of R.H. Tawney's most widely read books, is probably his most influential. In this book, he criticizes the selfish individualism of modern society and states that capitalism encourages acquisitiveness, which corrupts everyone, both rich and poor.