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9%OFFJoel Waldfogel - Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn´t Buy Presents for the Holidays - 9780691142647 - V9780691142647
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Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn´t Buy Presents for the Holidays

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Description for Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn´t Buy Presents for the Holidays Hardback. Illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste. This book provides explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; JFCD; JFFT; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or the singing fish from Uncle Mike. How many of us get gifts we like? How many of us give gifts not knowing what recipients want? Did your cousin really look excited about that jumping alarm clock? Lively and informed, Scroogenomics illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste--to the shocking tune of eighty-five billion ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691142647
SKU
V9780691142647
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Joel Waldfogel
Joel Waldfogel is the Ehrenkranz Professor and Chair of Business and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of "The Tyranny of the Market" and has been a columnist for Slate.

Reviews for Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn´t Buy Presents for the Holidays
"Leave it to an economist to make an impassioned argument for why we shouldn't give gifts, especially during the holidays."
Los Angeles Times "[A] small but very well-written and well-argued book which makes some serious points as well as poking fun at the nightmare of Christmas shopping... Point by point the author demolishes the case for giving gifts. In fact, this ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn´t Buy Presents for the Holidays


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