The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy

Synopsis

Maurie J. Cohen Shows How Consumer Society Is Changing Due To Demographic Ageing, Rising Income Inequality, Political Paralysis, Resource Scarcity, And Steady Jobs Being Replaced By Freelancing. He Examines How People Are Striving To Find New Ways To Ensure Livelihoods And The Role That Worker-consumer Cooperatives Could Play. Fathoming Consumer Society -- The (mostly) Empty Promise Of The Sharing Economy -- The Mass-market Maker Movement -- Localization Fallacies -- Consumption In The Era Of Digital Automation. Maurie J. Cohen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.