Scroogenomics : Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays /

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Economist Joel Waldfogel illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste--to the shocking tune of $85 billion each winter. He provides solid explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. Gift giving...

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Autor principal: Waldfogel, Joel, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gifts.
Consumption (Economics)
Giftware.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Cadeaux.
Electronic books.
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505 0 |a Spending and satisfaction -- U.S. holiday spending -- How much waste occurs at Christmas? -- Why we do it : are gift recipients crackheads, or what? -- Giving and waste around the world -- A century of American Yuletide spending -- Have yourself a borrowed little Christmas -- Is Christmas like Spam, underwear, or caviar? -- Christmas and commercialism : are Santa and Jesus on the same team? : if so, who's team captain? -- Stop carping : it's all for the best -- Making giving more efficient with cash and gift cards -- Giving and redistribution -- Solutions--making gift giving a force for good. 
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