Conspicuous consumption in economic theory and thought

Intersubjectivity in Economics: Agents and Structures

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 85-104

  Mason, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203116661-7     Document Type: Chapter

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