Consumption

by Ian Hudson and Mark Hudson

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509535381
• ISBN13: 9781509535385
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"