Shiny objects
Subtitle: why we spend money we don't have in search of happiness we can't buy
By: James A. Roberts
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780062093608
Subjects: American Dream; Consumption (Economics); Materialism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Shiny objects; title: Chasing the American dream; title: The American dream on steroids; title: The cat's out of the (shopping) bag; title: The treadmill of consumption; title: The cashless society; title: Money costs too much : sacrificing our life goals; title: Collateral damage : relationships; title: Why are we so materialistic?; title: Heaven help us (the prosperity gospel); title: Weapons of mass consumption; title: The three ingredients of self-control; title: Step away from the shopping cart (environmental programming); title: The carrot and the stick (behavioral programming); title: Your money or your life.