TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kaufman,Cynthia C.
TI  - Consumerism, sustainability, and happiness: how to build a world where everyone has enough 
SN  - 9781003354871
U1  - 303.4 23/eng/20221115
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social change
KW  - Consumption (Economics)
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Happiness
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
N1  - Happiness, Poverty, Sustainability -- The Psychology of Enough -- Building a Life with Enough -- Economics Based on Scarcity and Infinite Growth -- Capitalism, Socialism, and Solidarity Economics -- Eliminating Extreme Poverty and Developing an Economics for Enough -- Policies and Politics to Get to a World of Enough
N2  - "What would it take to have a world where everyone had enough? How can we eliminate poverty, leave enough for non-human nature, and increase wellbeing? This book explores ways the reader can live their life, engage with cultural change, and engage with policy making, to build that world. We are presently on a path to environmental destruction, as our societies are driven by forces which leave many people without what they need to meet their basic needs, while also wasting vast resources on an unsatisfying consumer economy. The current system does not lead to a sense of wellbeing, even among those who are relatively materially comfortable. This book focuses on solutions for building a world of enough. It explains how we can reorient our thinking and take the steps necessary to transform our social systems. It looks at ways to reduce the insatiable desire for status and consumption that drive our economies. It focuses on emerging approaches to economics that take wellbeing as their goal, and explores the policies that are crucial for getting there, such as reducing inequality, investing in public goods, and reducing work time. The book arms the reader with a variety of tools for building a world where everyone has enough for a good life"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003354871
ER  -