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THE END OF HISTORY
The Curious Fate of American Materialism
by Robert E. Lane
Volume 6 in the Michigan Press Series,
Evolving
Values for a Capitalist World
“Robert E. Lane is one of the most
prominent and distinguished critics of both the human
impact of market economies and economic theory, arguing
from much research that happiness is more likely to
flow from companionship, enjoyment of work, contribution
to society, and the opportunity to develop as a person,
than from the pursuit of wealth and the accumulation
of material goods in market economies. This latest work
playfully personalizes the contrast through a dialogue
between a humanistic social scientist, Dessi, and a
market economist, Adam. It is all too rare to have the
two sides talking to each other. Moreover, in Lane’s
witty and literate hands, it is an open-minded and balanced
conversation, in which neither side has all the answers.”
(David O Sears, Professor of Psychology and Political
Science, UCLA)
“There is no one who has read more widely or
thought more deeply about the human condition in modern
times than Robert Lane. In this book he makes his discoveries
available in a delightful form to readers inside and
outside of academia. It is the sort of book that is
bread and music to a bright and eager mind – and
that the friends and relatives of such people will discover
joyfully as the ideal Christmas gift.” (From the
Forward by Neva Goodwin, economist and co-director of
the Global Development And Environment Institute, Tufts
University)
Robert Lane’s previous publications include The
Market Experience (1991) and The Loss of Happiness in
Market Democracies (2000).
Specs: 6 x 9, 240 pages
Cloth: ISBN 0-472-09915-9, $79.00 £46.00
Paper: ISBN 0-472-06915-2, $26.95 £15.50
Publication Date: December, 2005
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