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Author Miller, Geoffrey, 1965-

Title Spent : sex, evolution, and consumer behavior / Geoffrey Miller
Published New York : Viking, 2009

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Description 374 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Darwin goes to the mall -- The genius of marketing -- Why marketing is central to culture -- This is your brain on money -- The fundamental consumerist delusion -- Flaunting fitness -- Conspicuous waste, precision, and reputation -- Self-branding bodies, self-marketing minds -- The central six -- Traits that consumers flaunt and marketers ignore -- General intelligence -- Openness -- Conscientiousness -- Agreeableness -- The centrifugal soul -- The will to display -- Legalizing freedom -- Exercises for the reader
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [336]-361)
Subject Consumption (Economics)
Consumer behavior.
LC no. 2008051554
ISBN 9780670020621
0670020621