Beyond our means : why America spends while the world saves / Sheldon Garon.
By: Garon, Sheldon M
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TextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 475 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780691135991 (cloth : alk. paper); 0691135991 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Saving and investment | Thriftiness -- United States | Thriftiness -- Asia | Capital movementsDDC classification: 339.4/3 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 339.43 G19 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003738150 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The origins of saving in the Western world -- Organizing thrift in the age of nation-states -- America the exceptional -- Japanese traditions of diligence and thrift -- Saving for the new Japan -- Mobilizing for the Great War -- Save now, buy later : World War II and beyond -- "Luxury is the enemy" : Japan in peace and war -- Postwar Japan's national salvation -- Exporting thrift, or the myth of "Asian values" -- "There is money. Spend it" : America since 1945 -- Keep on saving? : questions for the twenty-first century.
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