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The Future of Consumer Society
- Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy
Engelsk Hardback
The Future of Consumer Society
- Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy
Engelsk Hardback

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Consumer society in the United States and other countries is receding due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, and resource scarcity. At the same time, steady jobs that compensate employees on a salaried or hourly basis are being replaced by freelancing and contingent work. The rise of the so-called sharing economy, the growth of do-it-yourself production, and the spreading popularity of economic localization are evidence that people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods for themselves and their families in the face of profound change. Indications are that we are at the early stages of a transition away from a system of social organization predicated on consumerism. These developments have prompted some policy makers to suggest providing households with a non-labor source of income that would enable more adequate satisfaction of their basic needs. These proposals include a universal basic income, a citizen''s dividend, and a legal framework for broad-based stock ownership in corporations. However, extreme political fractiousness makes it unlikely that these recommendations will receive prompt and widespread legislative endorsement in most countries. In the meantime, we seem to be moving incontrovertibly toward a twenty-first century version of feudalism. How might we chart a different path founded on social inclusiveness and economic security?A practicable option entails establishment of networks of interlinked worker-consumer cooperatives that organizationally unify production and consumer. Such modes of mutual assistance already exist and The Future of Consumer Society profiles several successful examples from around the world. If replicated and scaled, worker-consumer cooperatives could smooth the transition beyond consumer society and facilitate a future premised on sufficiency, resiliency, and well-being.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
234
ISBN-13:
9780198768555
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0198768559
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
10 nov 2016
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
226mm
Højde:
147mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
10 nov 2016
Forfatter(e):
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