Luxury fever weighing the cost of excess - Frank, Robert H. (Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 2010)
Money well spent? -- The luxury spending boom -- Why now? -- The price of luxury -- Does money buy happiness? -- Gains that endure -- Our forgotten future -- Excellent, relatively speaking -- Why context and position are so important -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Understanding conspicuous consumption -- Self help? -- Other failed remedies -- Luxury without apology -- Equity versus efficiency: the great trade-off? -- We can't afford it? -- Cash on the table.
Acquired through Health Policy Development Program (HPDP) research grant.
Originally published: 1999.
Keywords: Consumption (Economics) -- United States; Wealth -- United States; Consumer behavior -- United States