Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World
This volume addresses how we can find happiness and well-being in the material world. It builds on previous works that find that materialism is associated with lowered well-being (materialists are less happy) and that consumerism, in all its profusion, is harmful to environmental well-being. How can...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Consumption and Well-Being, An Introduction; Miriam Tatzel
- PART I: Money and Consumption for Well-Being
- Chapter 2: Money for Happiness: The Hedonic Benefits of Thrift; Joseph Chancellor and Sonja Lyubomirsky
- Chapter 3: Getting the Most for the Money: The Hedonic Return on Experiential and Material Purchases; Travis J. Carter and Thomas Gilovich
- Chapter 4: Loneliness, Material Possession Love and Consumers' Physical Well-Being; John L. Lastovicka and Laurel Anderson
- PART II: Individual and Cultural Variations
- Chapter 5: Value Seekers, Big Spenders, Non-Spenders and Experiencers: Consumption, Personality and Well-Being; Miriam Tatzel
- Chapter 6: Money, Materialism and the Good Life: Cultural Perspectives; Christie Napa Scollon and Derrick Wirtz
- PART III: Consumption and Sustainable Well-Being
- Chapter 7: Happy Planet, Happy Economy, Happy Consumers? Charles Seaford
- Chapter 8: Measuring What Matters; Eric Zencey
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9: Confessions of a Closet Materialist: Lessons Learned about Money, Possessions and Happiness; Miriam Tatzel.