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Scroogenomics : Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
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Scroogenomics : Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays Hardcover - 2009

by Waldfogel, Joel

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Lively and informed, "Scroogenomics" illustrates how consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste. Economist Waldfogel provides solid explanations to show why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays.

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Princeton University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Scroogenomics : Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
  • Author Waldfogel, Joel
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Uk
  • Date 2009-10-25
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 754467-6
  • ISBN 9780691142647 / 0691142645
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.1 x 4.2 x 0.8 in (15.49 x 10.67 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Gifts, Consumption (Economics)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009006177
  • Dewey Decimal Code 339.47

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From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

"Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to unwrap a present. Buy Scroogenomics for your friends and family. It makes the perfect Christmas gift."--Ian Ayres, author of Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart

"Scroogenomics is a very well-written and entertaining read."--Diane Coyle, author of The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters

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Citations

  • Books & Culture, 11/01/2009, Page 38
  • Foreword, 10/17/2009, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 08/15/2009, Page 95
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/13/2009, Page 43

About the author

Joel Waldfogel is the Ehrenkranz Professor and Chair of Business and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Tyranny of the Market and has been a columnist for Slate.

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