The Challenge of Affluence - Self-control and Well-being in the United States and Britain Since 1950 - Paperback - 2007

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.
Year of publication: 2007
Pagination: 472 pages, 30 figures and 23 tables
Format: Paperback