The Overspent American
Why middle-class Americans spend more than they can afford to keep up with the wrong people.
Juliet B. Schor looks at why Americans spend beyond their means. As people compared themselves with richer colleagues and with the lifestyles shown on television rather than with their neighbours, she argues, the pressure to keep up drove spending and debt. She also profiles people who chose to downshift and live on less.
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