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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: OUP USA; 2nd Revised edition edition (28 May 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0195073479
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195073478
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 2.2 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 485,662 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Originally published in 1976, this work attempted to establish the legitimacy of understanding economic behaviour in psychological terms. This revised edition stresses the fact that economic abundance does not necessarily lead to satisfaction, and includes new material on contemporary applications.

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