Scroogenomics : : Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays / / Joel Waldfogel.
Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or...
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Waldfogel, Joel, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Scroogenomics : Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays / Joel Waldfogel. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009] ©2010 1 online resource (192 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Spending and Satisfaction -- CHAPTER THREE. U.S. Holiday Spending -- CHAPTER FOUR. How Much Waste Occurs at Christmas? -- CHAPTER FIVE. Why We Do It: Are Gift Recipients Crackheads, or What? -- CHAPTER SIX. Giving and Waste around the World -- CHAPTER SEVEN. A Century of American Yuletide Spending -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Have Yourself a Borrowed Little Christmas -- CHAPTER NINE. Is Christmas Like Spam, Underwear, or Caviar? -- CHAPTER TEN. Christmas and Commercialism: Are Santa and Jesus on the Same Team? If So, Who's Team Captain? -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Stop Carping; It's All for the Best -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Making Giving More Effi cient with Cash and Gift Cards -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Giving and Redistribution -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Solutions-Making Gift Giving a Force for Good -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or the singing fish from Uncle Mike. How many of us get gifts we like? How many of us give gifts not knowing what recipients want? Did your cousin really look excited about that jumping alarm clock? Lively and informed, Scroogenomics illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste--to the shocking tune of eighty-five billion dollars each winter. Economist Joel Waldfogel provides solid explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. When we buy for ourselves, every dollar we spend produces at least a dollar in satisfaction, because we shop carefully and purchase items that are worth more than they cost. Gift giving is different. We make less-informed choices, max out on credit to buy gifts worth less than the money spent, and leave recipients less than satisfied, creating what Waldfogel calls "deadweight loss." Waldfogel indicates that this waste isn't confined to Americans--most major economies share in this orgy of wealth destruction. While recognizing the difficulties of altering current trends, Waldfogel offers viable gift-giving alternatives. By reprioritizing our gift-giving habits, Scroogenomics proves that we can still maintain the economy without gouging our wallets, and reclaim the true spirit of the holiday season. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Macroeconomics. BUSINESS and amp ECONOMICS Economics Macroeconomics. Consumption (Economics). Gifts. POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions. Political science Economic conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691142647 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831258 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400831258 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400831258.jpg |
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