Juliet B. Schor, Author . Scribner $25 (275p) ISBN 978-0-684-87055-7
According to consumerism and economics expert Schor (The Overspent American
), the average 10-year-old has memorized about 400 brands, the average kindergartner can identify some 300 logos and from as early as age two kids are "bonded to brands.&
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Juliet B. Schor, Author . Penguin Press $25.95 (258p) ISBN 978-1-59420-254-4
Schor (Born to Buy
) introduces her concept of “plenitude” as a way forward after the recent “shattering” of global capitalism and continued rise in CO2 emissions. Plentitude is a commitment to enjoying—not exploiting
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Juliet B. Schor, Author Basic Books $16.5 (272p) ISBN 978-0-465-05434-3
An important, hard-hitting, well-documented look at the overworking of America, this study finds that Americans now spend more hours working than at any time since WW II. 75,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo. (Mar.)
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Juliet B. Schor, Author Basic Books $25 (253p) ISBN 978-0-465-06056-6
Whereas Schor's 1992 bestseller, The Overworked American, touched a nerve among all classes of American society, her latest study is geared to middle- and upper-middle-class consumers who, in her diagnosis, are participating in a national orgy of...
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