Economists generally accept as a given the old adage that there's no accounting for tastes. Gary Becker disagrees, and in this new collection he confronts the problem of preferences and values: how they are formed and how they affect our behavior. He observes, for example, that …
Economists generally accept as a given the old adage that there's no accounting for tastes. Gary Becker disagrees, and in this new collection he confronts the problem of preferences and values: how they are formed and how they affect our behavior. He observes, for example, that …
A historical study of modern German advertising, from the Imperial period through the 1970s, that explores mass consumption in modern society and the relationship between business mentalities, artistic creation, consumer behavior, and ideology.
The sheer intensity and violence of Germany's 20th century transformations provides a unique opportunity to assess the power and endurance of commercial imagery in the most extreme circumstances. This is an historical study of modern German advertising, from the Imperial period …
The sheer intensity and violence of Germany's 20th century transformations provides a unique opportunity to assess the power and endurance of commercial imagery in the most extreme circumstances. This is an historical study of modern German advertising, from the Imperial period …
A historical study of modern German advertising, from the Imperial period through the 1970s, that explores mass consumption in modern society and the relationship between business mentalities, artistic creation, consumer behavior, and ideology.
"China has transformed itself from a feudal economy in the 19th century, to Mao and Communism in the 20th century, to the largest consumer market in the world by the early 21st century. China's Super Consumers explores the extraordinary birth of consumerism in China and explains…