The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain Since 1950

by Avner Offer

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Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have come to enjoy an era of rising material abundance. Yet this has been accompanied by a range of social and personal disorders, including family breakdown, addiction, mental instability, crime, obesity, inequality, economic insecurity, and declining trust.

Avner Offer argues that well-being has lagged behind affluence in these societies, because they present an environment in which consistent choices...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198208537

ISBN13:9780198208532

Release Date:April 2006

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:480 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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20th Century Business Business & Investing Cultural Economic History Economics England Europe Great Britain History Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Social Science Social Sciences

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