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The High Price of Materialism
The High Price of Materialism
Author: Tim Kasser
In The High Price of Materialism, Tim Kasser offers a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. Other writers have shown that once we have sufficient food, shelter, and clothing, further material gains do little to improve our well-being. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262611978
ISBN-10: 026261197X
Publication Date: 10/1/2003
Pages: 165
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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It would probably be better just to read his journal articles than to slog through this edition. Obviously a very poor editing job here. This "book" ( a mere 100 or so pages) is drier than toast! His editor did nothing to pump up his journal articles for the popular audience. Each measly chapter has an intro that reads like an abstract, after which he simply fluffs up his journal articles. This is actually quite boring because he leaves out all the statistical analyses. If he included these, we might actually get a little something. However, be prepared for stretching of belief systems because his sample sizes rarely exceed 100 subjects. If you know anything about statistics or epidemiology you will realize that sample sizes that small are usually associated with very preliminary research and really cannot speak realistically of outcomes.


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