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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
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No
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Ex Libris
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No
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Inscribed
No
Vintage
No
ISBN
9780738852522

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Xlibris Corporation LLC
ISBN-10
073885252X
ISBN-13
9780738852522
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038681270

Product Key Features

Book Title
Costs of Living : How Market Freedom Erodes the Best Things in Life
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Social Science
Author
Barry Schwartz
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
339.4/2/0973
Synopsis
We all value freedom, family, friends, work, education, health, and leisure-"the best things in life."  But the pressure we experience to chase the dollar in order to satisfy both the demands of the bottom line and the demands of our seemingly insatiable desire to consume are eroding these best things in life.  Our children now value profit centers, not sports heroes.  Our educational system is fast becoming nothing more than a financial investment where students are encouraged to expend more energy on making the grade than on learning about their world.  Our business leaders are turning young idealists into cynics when they cut corners and explain that "everybody's doing it."  The need to achieve in our careers intrudes so greatly on our personal world that we find ourselves weighing the "costs" of enjoying friendships rather than working.In this book, psychologist Barry Schwartz unravels how market freedom has insidiously expanded its reach into domains where it does not belong.  He shows how this trend developed from a misguided application of the American value of individuality and self-pursuit, and how it was aided by our turning away from the basic social institutions that once offered traditional community values.  These developments have left us within an overall framework for living where worth is measured entirely by usefulness in the marketplace.  The more we allow market considerations to guide our lives, the more we will continue to incur the real costs of living, among them disappointment and loneliness.We all value freedom, family, friends, work, education, health, and leisure-"the best things in life."  But the pressure we experience to chase the dollar in order to satisfy both the demands of the bottom line and the demands of our seemingly insatiable desire to consume are eroding these best things in life.  Our children now value profit centers, not sports heroes.  Our educational system is fast becoming nothing more than a financial investment where students are encouraged to expend more energy on making the grade than on learning about their world.  Our business leaders are turning young idealists into cynics when they cut corners and explain that "everybody's doing it."  The need to achieve in our careers intrudes so greatly on our personal world that we find ourselves weighing the "costs" of enjoying friendships rather than working.In this book, psychologist Barry Schwartz unravels how market freedom has insidiously expanded its reach into domains where it does not belong.  He shows how this trend developed from a misguided application of the American value of individuality and self-pursuit, and how it was aided by our turning away from the basic social institutions that once offered traditional community values.  These developments have left us within an overall framework for living where worth is measured entirely by usefulness in the marketplace.  The more we allow market considerations to guide our lives, the more we will continue to incur the real costs of living, among them disappointment and loneliness.

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