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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This superb book kept me intrigued from beginning to end, and is basically a critical examination of economic imperialism and globalization; the world of commodities; systems of provision and culture; the consumer society; and public consumption. Well worth reading.
Published on January 22, 2003 by Brian Potter
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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important subject, okay treatment
Relationships between consumer culture and the economy seem central to understanding contemporary social life. To date the economics discipline has not been up to the task, focused as it is on things like financial markets and international trade, rather things like shopping and everyday life. Ben Fine's book is a good economic foray into consumption. It offers great...
Published on February 8, 2003
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
important subject, okay treatment,
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This review is from: The World of Consumption: The Material and Cultural Revisited (Economics as Social Theory) (Paperback)
Relationships between consumer culture and the economy seem central to understanding contemporary social life. To date the economics discipline has not been up to the task, focused as it is on things like financial markets and international trade, rather things like shopping and everyday life. Ben Fine's book is a good economic foray into consumption. It offers great diatribe against standard economic approaches to consumers and consumption. But it wanders around alot, lacks depth, and doesn't offer much in the way of new insights or perspectives. In short, while the subject of this book is important, one wishes it had been tackled more thoughtfully.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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By Brian Potter (Washington DC, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The World of Consumption: The Material and Cultural Revisited (Economics as Social Theory) (Paperback)
This superb book kept me intrigued from beginning to end, and is basically a critical examination of economic imperialism and globalization; the world of commodities; systems of provision and culture; the consumer society; and public consumption.Well worth reading. |
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The World of Consumption: The Material and Cultural Revisited (Economics as Social Theory) by Ben S. Fine (Paperback - May 12, 2002)
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