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Author Lane, Robert E., 1917-2017.

Title After the end of history : the curious fate of American materialism / Robert E. Lane.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Evolving values for a capitalist world
Evolving values for a capitalist world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-225).
Contents Spanakopita one: Prologue -- Spanakopita two: What should we be doing? -- Spanakopita three: What's wrong with materialism? -- Spanakopita four: Humanism: the value of persons -- Spanakopita five: The humanist-materialist axis -- Spanakopita six: Diminishing returns to happiness -- Spanakopita seven: Better people -- Spanakopita eight: Getting rich the right way -- Spanakopita nine: After the end of history.
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Summary "Robert E. Lane is one of the most prominent and distinguished critics of both the human impact of market economies and economic theory, arguing from much research that happiness is more likely to flow from companionship, enjoyment of work, contribution to society, and the opportunity to develop as a person, than from the pursuit of wealth and the accumulation of material goods in market economies. This latest work playfully personalizes the contrast through a dialogue between a humanistic social scientist, Dessi, and a market economist, Adam. It is all too rare to have the two sides talking to each other. Moreover, in Lane's witty and literate hands, it is an open-minded and balanced conversation, in which neither side has all the answers. His unparalleled grasp of interdisciplinary social scientific knowledge is brought to bear on the largest questions of human life: What genuinely makes people happy? How should human society be organized to maximize the quality of human lives?"--David O. Sears, Professor of Psychology and Political Science, UCLA"Lane's deep knowledge of the sources of human happiness enables him to develop a powerful critique of economic theory."--Robert A. Dahl, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Yale UniversityRobert E. Lane is the Eugene Meyer Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Yale University. His previous publications include The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies (2000) and The Market Experience (1991).
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Subject Quality of life -- United States.
Quality of life.
United States.
Materialism -- United States.
Materialism.
Interpersonal relations -- United States.
Interpersonal relations.
Contentment.
Contentment.
Humanistic ethics.
Humanistic ethics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lane, Robert Edwards. After the end of history. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2006 9780472069156 (DLC) 2005012047 (OCoLC)59881726
ISBN 9780472024179 (electronic book)
0472024175 (electronic book)
9780472099153 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0472099159 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780472069156 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0472069152 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0472099159 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0472069152 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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