UPC: 9780195073478 | The Joyless Economy (Paperback)
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When this classic work was first published in 1976 its central tenet–more is not necessarily better–placed it in direct conflict with mainstream thought in economics. Within a few years however this apparently paradoxical claim was gaining wide acceptance. Scitovsky s ground-breaking book was the first to apply theories of behaviorist psychology to questions of consumer behavior and to do so in clear non-technical language. Setting out to analyze the failures of our consumerist lifestyle Scitovsky concluded that people s need for stimulation is so vital that it can lead to violence if not satisfied by novelty–whether in challenging work art fashion gadgets late-model cars or scandal. Though much of the book stands as a record of American post-war prosperity and its accompanying problems the revised edition also takes into account recent social and economic changes. A new preface and a foreword by economist Robert Frank introduce some of the issues created by those changes and two revised chapters develop them discussing among others the assimilation of counter-cultural ideas throughout American society especially ideas concerning quality of life. Scitovsky draws fascinating connections between the new elite of college-educated consumers and the emergence of a growing underclass plagued by drugs and violence perceptively tracing the reactions of these disparate groups to the problems of leisure and boredom. In the wake of the so-called decade of greed and amidst calls for a kindler gentler society The Joyless Economy seems more timely than ever.
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