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Scroogenomics : why ...
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Scroogenomics : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays / Joel Waldfogel.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
ISBN:
9780691142647
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Description:
174 p. ; 16 cm.
Contents:
Spending and satisfaction -- U.S. holiday spending -- How much waste occurs at Christmas? -- Why we do it : are gift recipients crackheads, or what? -- Giving and waste around the world -- A century of American Yuletide spending -- Have yourself a borrowed little Christmas -- Is Christmas like spam, underwear, or caviar? -- Christmas and commercialism : are Santa and Jesus on the same team? : if so, who's -- Team captain? -- Stop carping : it's all for the best -- Making giving more efficient with cash and gift cards -- Giving and redistribution -- Solutionsm-making gift giving a force for good.
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