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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheehan, Brendan, 1957-
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2010.
Series:New directions in modern economics.
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics)
Electronic books.
Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843766704.xml
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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