LEADER 03846nam 22005655 450 001 9911034957103321 005 20251014130405.0 010 $a3-031-96645-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-96645-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32352806 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32352806 035 $a(CKB)41645660400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-96645-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)9941645660400041 100 $a20251014d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConsumer Society and the Economists $eConsumption and Well-Being in the History of Economic Thought /$fby Fernando Collantes 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (259 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,$x2662-6586 311 08$a3-031-96644-9 327 $a1. Consumer society and the history of capitalism after 1945 -- 2. Galbraith?s affluent society -- 3. Veblen, Keynes, and the roots of the debate -- 4. Neoclassical economics and the sovereign consumer -- 5. What about the classics? -- 6. The era of Friedman?s pencil -- 7. Keynes? grandchildren strike back -- 8. Continuity and change in the critical tradition -- 9. Debating the non-debate? New directions in mainstream economics -- 10. The Lampedusa moment of mainstream economists -- 11. Rival views of consumer society? and of economics. 330 $aIs consumer society a vehicle for progress? Or is it a detour leading us away from the path to the good life? To what extent is consumer society a relevant object of analysis, after all? Today, these questions are central to the debate on the dynamics of capitalism and their impact on human well-being. Yet they are by no means exclusive to our time. This book traces the history of economic thought on consumer society from the late eighteenth century to the present day. It explores the ambivalence of classical political economists and Marx towards the world of consumption. It narrates the making of an intellectual battlefield between rival views of consumer society during the period 1870-1945 and the head-on clash that took place between those views during the decades after the Second World War. How these debates reemerged following the end of the Cold War and the Global Financial Crisis is also covered. This is the story of how economists debated consumer society and how that debate was shaped by another fundamental discussion: how economists should conduct their research and what kind of relationships they should maintain with other social sciences and the humanities. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought and political economy. Fernando Collantes is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Oviedo. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,$x2662-6586 606 $aEconomics$xHistory 606 $aEconomics 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aHistory of Economic Thought and Methodology 606 $aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems 606 $aEconomic Development, Innovation and Growth 615 0$aEconomics$xHistory. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 14$aHistory of Economic Thought and Methodology. 615 24$aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. 615 24$aEconomic Development, Innovation and Growth. 676 $a339.4701 700 $aCollantes$b Fernando$01324090 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911034957103321 996 $aConsumer Society and the Economists$94448999 997 $aUNINA