The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950

by Avner Offer (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2006

  $127.30

  Drawing on the cognitive research, this book provides a reasoned critique of modern consumer society, especially the assumption that freedom of choice necessarily maximizes individual and social well-being. It demonstrates the comparative studies of US and British market consumption, and of personal relations.