The overspent American : upscaling, downshifting, and the new consumer

The overspent American : upscaling, downshifting, and the new consumer /

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Juliet Schor presents original research showing how keeping up with the Joneses has evolved from keeping pace with one's neighbors and others in a similar social set to keeping up with a referent group that may include co-workers who earn five times one's own salary or television "fri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schor, Juliet
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, ©1998.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Consumer behavior > United States.
Consumption (Economics) > United States.
Credit > United States.
Debt > United States.
Finance, Personal > United States.
Lifestyles > United States.
Saving and investment > United States.
Values > United States.
Consommateurs > Comportement > États-Unis.
Consommation (Économie politique) > États-Unis.
Crédit > États-Unis.
Dettes > États-Unis.
Finances personnelles > États-Unis.
Style de vie > États-Unis.
Épargne > États-Unis.
Valeurs (Philosophie) > États-Unis.
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics)
Credit.
Debt.
Finance, Personal.
Lifestyles.
Saving and investment.
Values.
Leefwijze.
Consumentengedrag.
Huishoudingen.
Sparen.
Ausgaben
Schulden
Verbraucherverhalten
Crédit > États-Unis.
Modes de vie > États-Unis.
Épargne > États-Unis.
Consommateurs > Attitudes > États-Unis.
Consommation > États-Unis.
Épargne et investissement > États-Unis.
Surendettement > États-Unis.
United States.
USA.
Table of Contents:
  • Communicating with commodities: how what we buy speaks volumes
  • The visible lifestyle: American symbols of status
  • When spending becomes you
  • The downshifter next door
  • Learning Diderot's lesson: stopping the upward creep of desire.

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