Extravagance and Misery: The Emotional Regime of Market Societies

by Alfred Archer, Alan Thomas, Bart Engelen

In Extravagance and Misery: The Emotional Regime of Market Societies, Alan Thomas, Alfred Archer, and Bart Engelen investigate the extensive and growing economic inequalities that characterize the affluent market societies of the West. Drawing on insights from political philosophy and the new science of happiness, they show the damaging impact that existing inequalities have on our well-being, and offer an explanation for what went wrong in our highly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197781721
• ISBN13: 9780197781722
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 512 Pages