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Economics of Conspicuous Consumption : Theory and Thought Since 1700, Hardcover by Mason, Roger S., ISBN 1858988330, ISBN-13 9781858988337, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Mason (consumer theory, U. of Salford, UK) looks at the development of conspicuous consumption from its origins as the indulgence of a privileged few to its position today as a major determinant of consumer demand in mass consumption societies. He also charts the attempts of economists to come to terms with a form of consumer behavior which made them instinctively uneasy, but which could not be ignored. This book highlights the conflicts and tensions which have beset economics in seeking to accommodate a problem which has refused to go away. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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