Against thrift : why consumer culture is good for the economy, the environment, and your soul / James Livingston.

By: Livingston, James, 1949-.

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, c2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xix, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780465021864 (hardback); 0465021867 (hardback); 9780465028092 (ebook); 0465028098 (ebook).Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- United States

| Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century

| Income distribution -- United States

DDC classification: 339.4/70973 Summary: Argues that underconsumption caused the current economic crisis, that tax cuts for business are a recipe for disaster, and that the USA needs a redistibution of income that reduces corporate profits.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Argues that underconsumption caused the current economic crisis, that tax cuts for business are a recipe for disaster, and that the USA needs a redistibution of income that reduces corporate profits.

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Against thrift : why consumer culture is good for the economy, the environment, and your soul / James Livingston.

By: Livingston, James, 1949-.

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