First Abolish the Customer: 202 Arguments Against Economic Rationalism

by Bob Ellis

Economic rationalism at its heart is a refusal to spend money on the unnecessary... But what is unnecessary - and who decides. With eloquence, passion, wit and humour, Bob Ellis explodes the myths of economic rationalism. In this incendiary, life-affirming book, he reveals it to be, at best, little more than an empty fantasy which, as a guiding principle, has more flaws than a factory second. And, at worst, a self-serving and destructive strategy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140281231
• ISBN13: 9780140281231
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 180 Pages