Scroogenomics Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays

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1、scroogenomicsPrincetonandOxfordPrincetonUniversityPressscroogenomicsWHYYOUSHOULDN’TBUYPRESENTSFORTHEHOLIDAYSJOELWALDFOGELCopyright©2009byPrincetonUniversityPressPublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet,Princeton,NewJersey08540IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniv

2、ersityPress,6OxfordStreet,Woodstock,OxfordshireOX201TWAllRightsReservedLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataWaldfogel,Joel,1962–Scroogenomics:whyyoushouldn’tbuypresentsfortheholidays/JoelWaldfogel.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN978-0-691-14

3、264-7(hardcover:alk.paper)1.Consumption(Economics)2.Gifts.I.Title.HB801.W2722009339.4'7—dc222009006177BritishLibraryCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailableThisbookhasbeencomposedinITCNewBaskervilleStdandNewCaledoniaLTStdPrintedonacid-freepaper.∞press.princeton.eduPrin

4、tedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica13579108642CONTENTSPreface{ix}CHAPTERONEIntroduction{1}CHAPTERTWOSpendingandSatisfaction{6}CHAPTERTHREEU.S.HolidaySpending{23}CHAPTERFOURHowMuchWasteOccursatChristmas?{29}CHAPTERFIVEWhyWeDoIt:AreGiftRecipientsCrackheads,orWhat?{41}CHAPTERSI

5、XGivingandWastearoundtheWorld{57}CHAPTERSEVENACenturyofAmericanYuletideSpending{71}CHAPTEREIGHTHaveYourselfaBorrowedLittleChristmas{78}CHAPTERNINEIsChristmasLikeSpam,Underwear,orCaviar?{89}CHAPTERTENChristmasandCommercialism:AreSantaandJesusontheSameTeam?IfSo,WhosTeamC

6、aptain?{99}CHAPTERELEVENStopCarping;ItsAllfortheBest{104}CHAPTERTWELVEMakingGivingMoreEfficientwithCashandGiftCards{113}CHAPTERTHIRTEENGivingandRedistribution{120}CHAPTERFOURTEENSolutions—MakingGiftGivingaForceforGood{134}Notes{147}Index{171}Thispageintentionallyleftbla

7、nkPrefaceIfirstencounteredChristmasaftermyformalin-doctrinationasaneconomist.Whereothersseehearthsidescenesofsharing,Ialsosaw—throughtheeyesofaneconomist—alargeandorganizedinstitutionforvaluedestruction,hidinginplainsightbutobscuredformostpeoplebytheirwarmchildhoodmemo

8、ries.Irespondedasanysocialscientistwould.Istarteddoingresearch.Isurveyedmystudentsabouthowmuchthegiftstheyreceivedwer