{"product_id":"the-vice-of-luxury-david-cloutier-9781626162563","title":"The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eLuxury. The word alone conjures up visions of attractive, desirable lifestyle choices, yet luxury also faces criticism as a moral vice harmful to both the self and society. Engaging ideas from business, marketing, and economics, \u003ci\u003eThe Vice of Luxury\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the challenging task of naming how much is too much in today's consumer-oriented society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Cloutier's critique goes to the heart of a fundamental contradiction. Though overconsumption and materialism make us uneasy, they also seem inevitable in advanced economies. Current studies of economic ethics focus on the structural problems of poverty, of international trade, of workers' rights-but rarely, if ever, do such studies speak directly to the excesses of the wealthy, including the middle classes of advanced economies. Cloutier proposes a new approach to economic ethics that focuses attention on our everyday economic choices. He shows why luxury is a problem, explains how to identify what counts as the vice of luxury today, and develops an ethic of consumption that is grounded in Christian moral convictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Cloutier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1626162565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626162563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"David Cloutier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991738024191,"sku":"9781626162563","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4183093f-a2e1-4caf-9911-e9cf942911e2.jpg?v=1683311941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-vice-of-luxury-david-cloutier-9781626162563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}