Scroogenomics why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waldfogel, Joel, 1962- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press cop. 2009
Subjects:
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Table of 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
  • Solutions--making gift giving a force for good.