The wisdom of frugality : why less is more--more or less / Emrys Westacott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2016Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2016Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9780691155081 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179/.9 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1496 .W47 2016
Contents:
What is simplicity? -- Why simple living is supposed to improve us -- Why simple living is thought to make us happier -- Why the philosophy of frugality is a hard sell -- The pros and cons of extravagance -- The philosophy of frugality in a modern economy -- The environmental case for simple living.
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Books Books John Tomay Memorial Library ANF 179.9 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100180876

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is simplicity? -- Why simple living is supposed to improve us -- Why simple living is thought to make us happier -- Why the philosophy of frugality is a hard sell -- The pros and cons of extravagance -- The philosophy of frugality in a modern economy -- The environmental case for simple living.

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