Author: Faith Moors WilliamsPublisher:
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Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Bibliography on Studies of Costs and Standards of Living in the United States
Author: Faith Moors WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Three Standards of Living for an Urban Family of Four Persons, Spring 1967
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Study of Costs and Standards of Living of Minneapolis Teachers in Relation to Their Salaries
Author: Royal MeekerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Bibliography on Studies of Costs and Standards of Living in the United States
Author: United States. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home EconomicsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Changes in Living Costs in Large Cities
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Standards of Living
Author: Bureau of applied economics, Washington, D.C.Publisher:
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Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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The Costs of Living
Author: Barry SchwartzPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462833357
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
We all value freedom, family, friends, work, education, health, and leisure—“the best things in life.” But the pressure we experience to chase the dollar in order to satisfy both the demands of the bottom line and the demands of our seemingly insatiable desire to consume are eroding these best things in life. Our children now value profit centers, not sports heroes. Our educational system is fast becoming nothing more than a financial investment where students are encouraged to expend more energy on making the grade than on learning about their world. Our business leaders are turning young idealists into cynics when they cut corners and explain that “everybody’s doing it.” The need to achieve in our careers intrudes so greatly on our personal world that we find ourselves weighing the “costs” of enjoying friendships rather than working. In this book, psychologist Barry Schwartz unravels how market freedom has insidiously expanded its reach into domains where it does not belong. He shows how this trend developed from a misguided application of the American value of individuality and self-pursuit, and how it was aided by our turning away from the basic social institutions that once offered traditional community values. These developments have left us within an overall framework for living where worth is measured entirely by usefulness in the marketplace. The more we allow market considerations to guide our lives, the more we will continue to incur the real costs of living, among them disappointment and loneliness.We all value freedom, family, friends, work, education, health, and leisure—“the best things in life.” But the pressure we experience to chase the dollar in order to satisfy both the demands of the bottom line and the demands of our seemingly insatiable desire to consume are eroding these best things in life. Our children now value profit centers, not sports heroes. Our educational system is fast becoming nothing more than a financial investment where students are encouraged to expend more energy on making the grade than on learning about their world. Our business leaders are turning young idealists into cynics when they cut corners and explain that “everybody’s doing it.” The need to achieve in our careers intrudes so greatly on our personal world that we find ourselves weighing the “costs” of enjoying friendships rather than working. In this book, psychologist Barry Schwartz unravels how market freedom has insidiously expanded its reach into domains where it does not belong. He shows how this trend developed from a misguided application of the American value of individuality and self-pursuit, and how it was aided by our turning away from the basic social institutions that once offered traditional community values. These developments have left us within an overall framework for living where worth is measured entirely by usefulness in the marketplace. The more we allow market considerations to guide our lives, the more we will continue to incur the real costs of living, among them disappointment and loneliness.
Cost and Standards of Living ...
Author: Russell Sage Foundation. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Standards of Living
Author: Bureau of applied economics, Washington, D.C.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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The Cost of Living in New York City, 1926
Author: National Industrial Conference BoardPublisher: University of Michigan Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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