The Joyless Economy: The Psychology Of Human Satisfaction,New

The Joyless Economy: The Psychology Of Human Satisfaction,New

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When This Classic Work Was First Published In 1976, Its Central Tenetmore Is Not Necessarily Betterplaced It In Direct Conflict With Mainstream Thought In Economics. Within A Few Years, However, This Apparently Paradoxical Claim Was Gaining Wide Acceptance. Scitovsky'S Groundbreaking Book Was The First To Apply Theories Of Behaviorist Psychology To Questions Of Consumer Behavior And To Do So In Clear, Nontechnical 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 Noveltywhether In Challenging Work, Art, Fashion, Gadgets, Latemodel Cars, Or Scandal.Though Much Of The Book Stands As A Record Of American Postwar 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 Countercultural Ideas Throughout American Society, Especially Ideas Concerning Quality Of Life. Scitovsky Draws Fascinating Connections Between The New Elite Of Collegeeducated 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 Socalled 'Decade Of Greed' And Amidst Calls For A 'Kindler, Gentler' Society, The Joyless Economy Seems More Timely Than Ever.

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