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The economics of abundance affluent consumption and the global economy /
This book addresses the challenge posed by J.K. Galbraith over 50 years ago to make a constructive contribution to a different style of economic analysis - the economics of abundance. It identifies a system of abundance inhabited by the 'people of plenty'and illustrates that the driver of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham :
Edward Elgar,
c2010.
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| Series: | New directions in modern economics.
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843766704.xml |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Sheehan, Brendan, |d 1957- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The economics of abundance |h [electronic resource] : |b affluent consumption and the global economy / |c Brendan Sheehan. |
| 260 | |a Cheltenham : |b Edward Elgar, |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (ix, 214 p.) : |b ill. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a New directions in modern economics | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Abundance, scarcity and sufficiency -- 2. The institution of marketing -- 3. Socio-cultural consumption -- 4. Subjective consumption -- 5. Cognitive consumption -- 6. The role of markets -- 7. Implications. | |
| 520 | |a This book addresses the challenge posed by J.K. Galbraith over 50 years ago to make a constructive contribution to a different style of economic analysis - the economics of abundance. It identifies a system of abundance inhabited by the 'people of plenty'and illustrates that the driver of growth in this system is spending by affluent consumers. This timely book provides essential heterodox economic theory to explain this spending and explore its key drivers and constraints. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Consumption (Economics) | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 lcsh | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Sheehan, Brendan, |d 1957- | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Edward Elgar Publishing. | |
| 776 | 1 | |z 1843766701 (hbk.) |z 9781843766704 (hardback) | |
| 830 | 0 | |a New directions in modern economics. | |
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