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BL
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981747
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b736117
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| Main Entry
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Stiles, Paul.
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| Title & Author
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Is the American dream killing you? : : how "the market" rules our lives /\ Paul Stiles.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Collins Business,, ©2005.
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x, 305 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0060593784
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: 0060593792
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: 9780060593780
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: 9780060593797
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The sound of the alarm -- The economic beast -- Rethinking the Market -- Burnout -- The Market vs. human health -- Meltdown -- The Market vs. the nuclear family -- The bubble -- The Market vs. reality -- Flatland -- The Market vs. the good -- Jolts per minute -- The Market vs. culture -- Borrowed time -- The Market vs. the environment -- The ozone hole -- The Market vs. business -- The modern god -- The Market vs. God -- The Market curve -- The Market vs. America -- The Market cross -- The American hypermarket, 1950-2000 -- Society in the balance -- A Market lexicon -- Market metaphysics.
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| Abstract
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Presents an argument about the pervasive consequences of an unrestrained free market, explaining how the market-driven aspects of society may be negatively influencing the mental, physical, and spiritual health of everyday people.
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Capitalism-- Social aspects.
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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Free enterprise-- Social aspects.
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Markets-- Social aspects.
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Capitalism-- Social aspects.
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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Free enterprise-- Social aspects.
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Markets-- Social aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3/42/0973
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| LC Classification
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HF5470.S75 2005
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MS 1190rvk
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QD 110rvk
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QM 000rvk
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