Crass struggle : glitz, greed, and gluttony in a wanna-have world / R.T. Naylor.
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TextPublication details: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 487 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780773586529
- 0773586520
- 0773537716
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- Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Wealth -- Social aspects
- Rich people -- Conduct of life
- Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects
- Richesse -- Aspect moral
- Richesse -- Aspect social
- Riches -- Morale pratique
- Consommation (Économie politique) -- Aspect moral
- Consommation (Économie politique) -- Aspect social
- PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects
- Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Wealth -- Social aspects
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- HB835 .N39 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preamble: Bacchanalian adventures with the ultra-rich -- The gold-diggers: precious metal, poisoned chalice -- Vulgari: flawed beauty in the gemstones business -- Icecapades: the diamond's darker facets -- Sketchy business: on art connoisseurs and con artists -- The chiselers: from tomb-raider to curator -- The numismaniacs: when big modern money chases little old coins -- The winophiliacs: uncorking the secrets of the wine trade -- Puff artists: behind the smokescreen of high-end cigars -- Afishionados: on fishy business in the fishing business -- Jailbirds: if parrots could really talk ... -- The hunter-gatherer society: from law of the jungle to maw of the market -- Goring the tusk trade: mammoth task, toothless law? -- Coda: from class struggle to crass struggle.
Through a series of outrageous but all too true stories, this book reveals the appalling consequences of consumerism run amok and its links to repetitive financial swindles and the alarming degradation of the biophysical environment.
English.
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