The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer by Juliet Schor

The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer by Juliet Schor

The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental wish lists of things to buy or get, and why Americans save less than virtually anyone in the world. Unlike many experts, Harvard economist Juliet B. Schor does not blame consumers' lack of self-discipline. Nor does she blame advertisers. Instead she analyzes the crisis of the American consumer in a culture where spending has become the ultimate social art.

Juliet B. Schor's research has focused on the economics of work, spending, environment, and the consumer culture. She is the author of Born to Buy, The Overworked American, and The Overspent American. Schor is senior lecturer on women's studies at Harvard University, as well as chair in the economics of leisure studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. She is a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and a cofounder of the Center for a New American Dream, an organization devoted to ecologically and socially sustainable lifestyles.

Douglas B. Holt is assistant professor in the department of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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ISBN 13	9780060977580
ISBN 10	0060977582
Title	The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer
Author	Juliet Schor
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2024-03-20
Number of pages	253
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