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Recommended, although I would suggest that you can skip chapters 4 and 5.
 
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simonking | 13 other reviews | Mar 3, 2022 |
Avrei preferito non un compendio delle teorie, ma un brillante saggio a cavallo tra economia e filosofia. Le domande lungo il testo sono stimolanti, e in alcuni punti si trovano risposte - sulle quali si puo' concordare o dissentire, ma ad ogni modo è lodevole il fatto di averle proposte. Cercavo qualcosa d'altro, qui soltanto sfiorato.
Forse dovrei rileggere Bauman - forse cercavo Bauman a cavallo dell'economia. Forse dovrei smettere di cercare bottoni dove non li ho persi, solo perche' li' c'e' piu' luce...… (more)
 
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bobparr | 13 other reviews | Dec 14, 2014 |
How Much is Enough?
Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky
Sunday, November 3, 2013

The authors start with an essay by John Maynard Keynes, written in 1930, that predicted that within a century, per capita income would rise enough that everyone's basic needs would be met, and no one would have to work more than 15 hours per week. This is evidently not true, and the authors set out to explore the reasons, talking about capitalism, conspicuous consumption, and competitive consumption as reasons. The last chapter includes some prescriptions for reversing the trend to harder work, including sumptuary laws and taxes on expenditures. The key to regain control over work is to define the "good life".… (more)
 
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neurodrew | 13 other reviews | Nov 10, 2013 |
Hey there! I think I've found the cure for jet-lag ... reading economics. This guy sure likes big words ... but why would someone use 'dialectic' instead of the word 'logic'?

I'm still waiting for the part where they tell me how to want less...

Well at the end they came up with some pie-in-the sky/castles in the air Ivory Towered tenured academic ideas as solutions. Not.Very.Useful.

And I was highly offended by their first choice of a way out of this greedy/capitalistic mess as being the ideology of the ... Catholic Church!

They seemed to never have even heard of secular humanism...sheesh!
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Clueless | 13 other reviews | Jul 8, 2013 |

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