TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leiss,William
TI  - Limits to Satisfaction: An Essay on the Problem of Needs and Commodities
SN  - 9780773561922
AV  - HF1051 .L44 1988 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Montreal
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Raw materials
KW  - Supply and demand
KW  - Commodity control
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: EXAMINATION -- The individual -- Society -- Non-human nature -- PART TWO: DIAGNOSIS -- Needs -- Commodities -- The double ambiguity -- PART THREE: PROGNOSIS -- Toward an alternative setting for human needs -- The conserver society -- The needs of non-human nature -- Other satisfactions? -- Notes -- Works cited -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z
N2  - At a time when the supply of resources is a problem, William Leiss analyses demand and consumption. Why do we need so much? Does the ability to choose from such a wide range of commodities give us more satisfaction? Why do we accept being pushed into buying products about which we know little because they promise to give us a particular characteristic - freshness, happiness, sex appeal?
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