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    The Hunger for More: Values in an Age of Greed

    By Laurence Shames

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    In this milestone analysis of contemporary social values and foibles, Laurence Shames, the former ethics columnist for Esquire, offers a brilliant and acerbic anatomy of America’s “Hunger for More,” from its roots in the optimism of the high frontier to its apotheosis in the frenzy – and panic – of the Reagan years. As a history of our love affair with consumption, as a prescription for a more durable and dignified national ethic, THE HUNGER FOR MORE is a truly important book – one that may shape the era to come even as it defines the one just passed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSKLA
    Release dateMar 2, 2012
    ISBN9781466063228
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