The wisdom of frugality : why less is more--more or less / Emrys Westacott.
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2016Description: pages cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780691155081 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 179/.9 23
- BJ1496 .W47 2016
Contents:
What is simplicity? -- Why simple living is supposed to improve us -- Why simple living is thought to make us happier -- Why the philosophy of frugality is a hard sell -- The pros and cons of extravagance -- The philosophy of frugality in a modern economy -- The environmental case for simple living.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is simplicity? -- Why simple living is supposed to improve us -- Why simple living is thought to make us happier -- Why the philosophy of frugality is a hard sell -- The pros and cons of extravagance -- The philosophy of frugality in a modern economy -- The environmental case for simple living.