Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTEΝTS vii
3. List of Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. PART ONE
6. CHAPTER ONE. Measures of Weil-Being: Income versus Consumption 3
7. CHAPTER TWO. Was the Great Depression Driven by Consumption? 9
8. CHAPTER THREE. Did Underconsumption End the Boom of the 1920s? 17
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Mass Consumption and “Americanization” 22
10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Elite's Share of Consumption: U.S. versus USSR 29
11. PART TWO
12. CHAPTER SIX. Beyond the Consumption Function 39
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Tastes—and Other Determinants of Consumption 45
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Why State Consumption Patterns Differ 56
15. PART THREE
16. Chapter NINE. Estimating Procedures: U.S. Consumption, 1900-1929 71
17. CHAPTER TEN. State Consumption, 1900-1982: Estimating Procedures for Appendix B 91
18. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Validity of Estimates 125
19. APPENDIXES
20. A. U.S. Estimates 147
21. B. State Estimates 187
22. Notes 249
23. Bibliography 277
24. Index 285