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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955171203321

Autore

Scitovsky Tibor

Titolo

The joyless economy : the psychology of human satisfaction / / Tibor Scitovsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-19-771037-9

0-19-028186-3

0-19-802378-2

1-280-52606-8

1-4294-0755-7

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

339.47

658.8/34

Soggetti

Consumer satisfaction

Motivation research (Marketing)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter One: Introduction: Plutocracy and Mob Rule; Chapter Two: Between Strain and Boredom; Chapter Three: The Pursuit of Novelty; Chapter Four: Comfort Versus Pleasure; Chapter Five: Enter Economics; Chapter Six: Necessities and Comforts; Chapter Seven: Income and Happiness; Chapter Eight: Is Our Life Too Good?; Chapter Nine: Is Our Life Too Dull?; Chapter Ten: Our Puritan Ghost; Chapter Eleven: Our Disdain for Culture; Chapter Twelve: What's Wrong with Mass Production?; Chapter Thirteen: What's Wrong with Specialization?

Chapter Fourteen: The End of Sexism and Revival of the Generalist?Appendix: Culture Is a Good Thing; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 1976, this work attempted to establish the legitimacy of understanding economic behaviour in psychological terms. This revised edition stresses the fact that economic abundance does not necessarily lead to satisfaction, and includes new material on contemporary applications.