The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting, And The New ConsumerBasic Books, 26.04.1998 - 272 Seiten An in-depth look at the corruption of the “American Dream,” the follow-up to the the Overworked American examines the consumer lives of Americans and the pitfalls of “keeping up with the Joneses.” Schor explains how and why the purchases of others in our social and professional communities can put pressure on us to spend more than we can afford to, how television viewing can undermine our ability to save, and why even households with good incomes have taken on so much debt for so many products they don't need and often don't even want. |
Inhalt
When Spending Becomes You | 65 |
Will Consuming Less Wreck the Economy? | 169 |
Appendixes | 197 |
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The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting, and the New Consumer Juliet Schor Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1998 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Advances in Consumer advertising American Dream aspirations Association for Consumer athletic shoes become Behavior believe Belk Bourdieu brand Brandweek clothes competitive compulsive buying Conspicuous Consumption Consumer Research consumerism consumption cosmetics credit card cultural capital debt downshifters earning Economic expensive facial cleansers Family Fund poll feel Fournier friends gifts identity important individuals interviews Joneses Journal of Consumer keep kids less lifestyle lipsticks living material Merck Family Fund middle-class Nike O'Guinn patterns percent pressure Provo Psychology purchase reference group reported sample saving Schor simple living simple-livers social class Social Comparison spending status sumer sumption survey Susan Susan Andrews symbolic taste television there's things Tilburg University tion Tommy Hilfiger University of Connecticut upscale visible voluntary simplicity watching women York