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