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Brendan Sheehan (2010) The Economics of Abundance: Affluent Consumption and the Global EconomyEdward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. pp.224 Hardback: ISBN 978 1 84376 670 4RRP AUD 100

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Brendan Sheehan (2010) The Economics of Abundance: Affluent Consumption and the Global Economy Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. pp.224 Hardback: ISBN 978 1 84376 670 4 RRP AUD 100

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Peter E. Earl*
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School of Economics, University of Queensland

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