Daniel Doherty is completing his Ph.D. at Yale University. Amitai Etzioni is university professor and the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington University.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: Voluntary Simplicity— Psychological Implications, Societal ConsequencesPart 3 Human Wants, Human GoodsChapter 4 A Theory of Human MotivationChapter 5 Wealth and Happiness: A Limited RelationshipChapter 6 Consuming for LoveChapter 7 The Problem of Over-Consumption-Why Economists Don't Get ItChapter 8 Achieving Collective Well-Being through Greater Simplicity: A Simple ProposalPart 9 Simplicity Throughout HistoryChapter 10 Early American Simplicity: The Quaker EthicChapter 11 Simple NeedsChapter 12 The Value of Voluntary SimplicityChapter 13 Voluntary Simplicity: A Movement EmergesPart 14 Critical PerspectivesChapter 15 Conspicuous "Simplicity"Chapter 16 The Liberating Role of Consumption and the Myth of Artificially Created Desires

Offers valuable contributions from scholars such as Duane Elgin, Juliet Schor, David Shi, Richard Gregg, and Amitai Etzioni. Contributes significantly to an understanding of this movement, and of cultural analysis and social change. Recommended.

Daniel Doherty is completing his Ph.D. at Yale University. Amitai Etzioni is university professor and the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington University.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: Voluntary Simplicity— Psychological Implications, Societal ConsequencesPart 3 Human Wants, Human GoodsChapter 4 A Theory of Human MotivationChapter 5 Wealth and Happiness: A Limited RelationshipChapter 6 Consuming for LoveChapter 7 The Problem of Over-Consumption-Why Economists Don't Get ItChapter 8 Achieving Collective Well-Being through Greater Simplicity: A Simple ProposalPart 9 Simplicity Throughout HistoryChapter 10 Early American Simplicity: The Quaker EthicChapter 11 Simple NeedsChapter 12 The Value of Voluntary SimplicityChapter 13 Voluntary Simplicity: A Movement EmergesPart 14 Critical PerspectivesChapter 15 Conspicuous "Simplicity"Chapter 16 The Liberating Role of Consumption and the Myth of Artificially Created Desires

Offers valuable contributions from scholars such as Duane Elgin, Juliet Schor, David Shi, Richard Gregg, and Amitai Etzioni. Contributes significantly to an understanding of this movement, and of cultural analysis and social change. Recommended.

Daniel Doherty is completing his Ph.D. at Yale University. Amitai Etzioni is university professor and the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington University.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: Voluntary Simplicity— Psychological Implications, Societal ConsequencesPart 3 Human Wants, Human GoodsChapter 4 A Theory of Human MotivationChapter 5 Wealth and Happiness: A Limited RelationshipChapter 6 Consuming for LoveChapter 7 The Problem of Over-Consumption-Why Economists Don't Get ItChapter 8 Achieving Collective Well-Being through Greater Simplicity: A Simple ProposalPart 9 Simplicity Throughout HistoryChapter 10 Early American Simplicity: The Quaker EthicChapter 11 Simple NeedsChapter 12 The Value of Voluntary SimplicityChapter 13 Voluntary Simplicity: A Movement EmergesPart 14 Critical PerspectivesChapter 15 Conspicuous "Simplicity"Chapter 16 The Liberating Role of Consumption and the Myth of Artificially Created Desires

Offers valuable contributions from scholars such as Duane Elgin, Juliet Schor, David Shi, Richard Gregg, and Amitai Etzioni. Contributes significantly to an understanding of this movement, and of cultural analysis and social change. Recommended.