The High Price of Materialism

By Tim Kasser,

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A study of how materialism and consumerism undermine our quality of life.

In The High Price of Materialism, Tim Kasser offers a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. Other writers have shown that once we have sufficient food,…

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1 author picked The High Price of Materialism as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I read this book while I was writing an article about what we have done to ourselves. It was the first time I was reading in detail about materialism and it immediately sparked interest in the topic.

I particularly liked it because it was not just a general observation or mastery of words but rather a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. I would recommend this book because it explains in very simple ways how materialism and consumerism undermine our quality of life. 

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