Why We Hate Cheap Things 

How to rethink your consumer habits and feel richer at heart.



Our society encourages us to equate expense with value. The more expensive something is, the more we’re encouraged to covet it. Yet as its market price falls, our interest and passion tend to fade.



This recurrent pattern, The School of Life argues, is a cultural misfortune. We need to rethink our patterns of consumption. 
Why We Hate Cheap Things considers how to do so, and reveals how most of us already have more than we need. With humor and utility, the book teaches us how the practice of gratitude can lead us to a more meaningful understanding of wealth.

• A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO ECONOMICS


• EXPLORES IDEAS ABOUT MONEY, WORTH, AND WEALTH  through a philosophical lens.


• A REFRESHING REMINDER TO APPRECIATING WHAT WE HAVE  rather than coveting what we don’t.


• ILLUSTRATED  with full color images throughout.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

i. Why We Hate Cheap Things 

ii. Why We Look Down on People Who Don’t Earn Very Much

iii. On Being an Unemployed Arts Graduate

iv. Good Materialism

v. Why We Are So Bad at Shopping

vi. Using Sex to Sell

Über den Autor

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