Full name: The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need

Author: Juliet B. Schor Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Economics, Psychology Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060977580 0060977582

The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental "wish lists" of things to buy or get, and why Americans save less than virtually anyone in the world. Unlike many experts, Harvard economist Juliet B. Schor does not blame consumers' lack of self-discipline. Nor does she blame advertisers. Instead she analyzes the crisis of the American consumer in a culture where spending has become the ultimate social art. Similar books: Affluenza by John de Graaf Cheap by Ellen Ruppel Shell Lead Us into Temptation by James B. Twitchell Consumed by Benjamin R. Barber Affluenza by Clive Hamilton Conspicuous Consumption by Thorstein Veblen Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt Off the Books by Sudhir Venkatesh The Waste Makers by Vance Packard Powershift by Alvin Toffler Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs Born to Buy by Juliet B. Schor The Joyless Economy by Tibor Scitovsky Behavioral Game Theory by Colin F. Camerer Affluenza by Oliver James The Overworked American by Juliet B. Schor The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod The New Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager Misbehaving by Richard H. Thaler Trading for a Living by Alexander Elder