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Living It Up : Our Love Affair with Luxury.

Economic downturns and terrorist attacks notwithstanding, America's love affair with luxury continues unabated. Over the last several years, luxury spending in the United States has been growing four times faster than overall spending. It has been characterized by political leaders as vital to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Twitchell, James B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Economic downturns and terrorist attacks notwithstanding, America's love affair with luxury continues unabated. Over the last several years, luxury spending in the United States has been growing four times faster than overall spending. It has been characterized by political leaders as vital to the health of the American economy as a whole, even as an act of patriotism. Accordingly, indices of consumer confidence and purchasing seem unaffected by recession. This necessary consumption of unnecessary items and services is going on at all but the lowest layers of society: J.C. Penney now offers da.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (329 pages)
ISBN:9780231500562
0231500564