The Economics of Abundance
Brendan. Sheehan
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | Sheehan, Brendan (Contributor)
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| Utgitt | Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (224 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 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; Bibliography; Index. - This book addresses the challenge posed by J.K. Galbraith over fifty 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 growth in this system is spending by affluent consumers. This timely book provides essential heterodox economic theory to explain this spending and explore its key drivers and constraints. The greatest threat to this system is under-consumption. Brendan Sheehan explains how the system spontaneously respon
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| Emner | Consumption (Economics).
Business & Economics Economic Theory overflodsøkonomi konsum atferdsøkonomi institusjonell økonomi |
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| ISBN | 9781843766704
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