Consumption and Development

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: Consumption and the Modernization Process....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
New Products: A Discussion of the Welfare Effects of the Introduction of New Products in Developing Countries....Pages 15-52
The Adaptation of Developed-Country Products....Pages 53-71
Galbraith Revisited: Advertising in Non-Affluent Societies....Pages 72-89
The Developed-Country Impact on Product Standards in the Third World....Pages 91-110
Positional Goods, Conspicuous Consumption and the International Demonstration Effect Reconsidered....Pages 111-146
The Sources of Frustration and Disappointment with the Introduction of New Products in Developing Countries....Pages 147-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
The Promotion of Appropriate Products in Developing Countries....Pages 171-181
The New Household Economics, General X-Efficiency Theory and Consumption in Developing Countries....Pages 182-198
Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Consumption Policy....Pages 199-222
Income Redistribution, Consumption and Employment....Pages 223-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-251