United States of Excess: Gluttony and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism

Author/Contributor(s):	Paarlberg, Robert
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	04/01/2015
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Is it possible that America is hard-wired to consume too much food and fuel? Unfortunately, yes, says Robert Paarlberg in The United States of Excess. America's excess is driven in each case by its distinct endowment of material and demographic resources, its unusually weak national political institutions, and a unique political culture that celebrates both individual freedoms over social responsibility, and free markets over governmental authority. America's over-consumption is shown to be over-determined.