Consumption
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Consumption

Ian Hudson, Mark Hudson

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Consumption

Ian Hudson, Mark Hudson

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About This Book

Consumption used to be a disease. Now it is the dominant manner in which most people meet their most basic needs and – if they can afford the price – their wildest desires.

In this new book, Ian and Mark Hudson critically examine how consumption has been understood in economic theory before analyzing its centrality to our social lives and function in contemporary capitalism. They also outline the consequences it has for people and nature, consequences routinely made invisible in the shopping mall or online catalogue. Hudson and Hudson show, in an approachable manner, how patterns of consumption are influenced by cultures, individual preferences and identity formation before arguing that underlying these determinants is the unavoidable need within capitalism to realize profit.

This accessible and comprehensive book will be essential reading for students and scholars of political economy, economics and economic sociology, as well as any reader who wants to confront their own practices of consumption in a meaningful way.

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Publisher
Polity
Year
2020
ISBN
9781509535392
Edition
1
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Economic Policy
Index
Economics

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    Citation styles for Consumption

    APA 6 Citation

    Hudson, I., & Hudson, M. (2020). Consumption (1st ed.). Wiley. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2050071/consumption-pdf (Original work published 2020)

    Chicago Citation

    Hudson, Ian, and Mark Hudson. (2020) 2020. Consumption. 1st ed. Wiley. https://www.perlego.com/book/2050071/consumption-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Hudson, I. and Hudson, M. (2020) Consumption. 1st edn. Wiley. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2050071/consumption-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Hudson, Ian, and Mark Hudson. Consumption. 1st ed. Wiley, 2020. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.