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Front Cover -- Handbook of US Consumer Economics -- Handbook of US Consumer Economics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 - Empirical analysis of the US consumer: fact, fiction, and the future -- 1. Big(ger) data: new sources and new questions -- 2. Consumer spending and the aggregate economy -- 3. Household finance -- 4. Responding to shocks -- 5. Spending over the life cycle -- 6. Measurement issues -- 7. International perspectives -- 8. Concluding thoughts -- References -- 2 - Handbook of the consumer chapter: trends in household debt and credit -- 1. Overview -- 2. Data -- 3. Decomposing the borrowing cycle -- 4. Trends in borrower characteristics -- 5. Trends in other debt -- 6. Perspectives on current household debt -- 6.1 Change in debt composition -- 6.2 Implications of the change in debt composition -- 6.3 Delinquencies -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- 3 - Trends in household portfolio composition∗ -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Survey of consumer finances data and comparison to aggregates -- 2.1 Wealth measurement: comparing the Survey of Consumer Finances to macroaggregates -- 2.2 The Survey of Consumer Finances and other household finance research -- 3. Composition of average household portfolios -- 4. Household portfolios across the asset distribution -- 4.1 Across time -- 5. Asset concentration -- 6. Cohorts -- 6.1 Interpreting the cohort figures -- 6.2 Median household assets -- 6.3 Ownership of risky assets: business, equity, and housing -- 6.4 Business ownership -- 6.5 Equity ownership -- 6.6 Home-ownership -- 6.7 Mortgage holding -- 6.7.1 The risky asset share -- 6.8 Business share -- 6.9 Equity share -- 6.10 Housing share -- 6.11 Combined risk asset share -- 7. Financial vulnerability, shocks, and the health of the household balance sheet -- 7.1 Risk from asset price shocks.

Offering a novel view on morality in consumption, this book creatively examines how the seven deadly sins - pride, greed, lust, gluttony, envy, wrath, and sloth - are embodied in contemporary consumer society. Each of the seven chapters summarizes previous literature of the sins across disciplinary boundaries, and explores how consumption is likely to change in the future

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Formulas, and Figures -- Preface -- Part I: Getting Started -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Consumers -- 3. The Marketplace -- 4. Negotiation -- 5. Household Accounts -- Part II: Priorities and Choices -- 6. Routine Shopping -- 7. Buying Durables -- 8. Borrowing -- 9. Risk and Uncertainty -- 10. Saving and Investing -- 11. Gains from International Trade -- Part III: Consumer Rights and Protections -- 12. A History of Consumer Protection -- 13. Today's Consumer Protection System -- 14. Economic Footings for Consumer Policy

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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 2 Consumption: Different Perspectives and Academic Responsibilities -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 3 Consumption Within the History of Economic and Social Thought -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 4 Consumption, Lifestyles and Taste -- Abstract -- Lifestyles and Social Stratification -- Taste and Fashion -- References -- Chapter 5 Conspicuous Consumption -- Abstract -- The Social Construction of Beauty -- Preferences: Variability and Stability -- References -- Chapter 6 Culture, Advertising and Consumption -- Abstract -- Advertising and Society in Perspective -- Global Consumer Culture and Advertising -- Homogenization and Heterogenization Within Consumption -- References -- Chapter 7 Gender and Social Relations of Consumption -- Abstract -- Gender and Consumption from a Historical Perspective -- The Social Relations of Consumption -- Gender, Consumption and "Engineered" Needs -- References -- Chapter 8 Money, Consumption and Happiness -- Abstract -- Perspectives on Happiness -- The Economic Perspective -- The Sociological Perspective -- Consumption and Happiness -- A Paradox: Do Money and Consumption Matter for Happiness -- References -- Chapter 9 In Times of Globalization: Gift Giving and the McDonaldization of Consumption -- Abstract -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.

part PART 1: Introducing sustainable consumption -- chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Measuring sustainable consumption -- chapter 3 Sustainable consumption in social context -- part PART 2: Explaining sustainable consumption -- chapter 4 'People don't understand' -- chapter 5 'People are selfish' -- chapter 6 'It's all about values' -- chapter 7 'The personal is political' -- chapter 8 'We don't have a choice' -- chapter 9 'Consumption is meaningful!' -- part PART 3: Visions of the future in sustainable consumption -- chapter 10 Production-consumption relations -- chapter 11 The solution is collective -- chapter 12 Sustainable consumption makes you happy! – co-authored with David Wingate -- chapter 13 Revolution or evolution? -- chapter 14 Conclusion: building images of the future.