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The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950
Offer, Avner (, Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Fellow of the British Academy)
A detailed, reasoned, and persuasive critique of modern consumer society in Britain and the United States since the Second World War, which powerfully questions the assumption that freedom of choice necessarily maximizes individual and social well-being.
472 pages, 30 figures and 23 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 1, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199216628 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 472 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 230 × 25 mm · 676 g |
| Language | English |