Luxury Fever Weighing the Cost of Excess

Name: Luxury Fever Weighing the Cost of Excess
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ISBN: 9780691146935

ISBN-10: 0691146934

ISBN-13: 9780691146935

Edition: 2000

Authors: Robert H. Frank

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The turn of the twenty-first century witnessed a spectacular rise in gross consumption. With the super-rich setting the pace, everyone spent furiously in a desperate attempt to keep up. As cars and houses grew larger and more expensive, the costs were enormous--not only monetarily but also socially. Consumers spent more time at work and less time with their family and friends; they saved less money and borrowed more.In this book, Robert Frank presents the first comprehensive and accessible account of these financial choices. Frank uses scientific evidence to demonstrate how these spending patterns have not made us happier or healthier.Luxury Feveroffers an exit from the rat race, suggesting…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Robert H. Frank is an economics professor at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management and a regular "Economic View" columnist for the "New York Times", and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. His books, which have been translated into 22 languages, include "The Winner-Take-All Society" (with Philip Cook), "The Economic Naturalist", "Luxury Fever", "What Price the Moral High Ground?", and "Principles of Economics" (with Ben Bernanke).