SIX. Standardization of Consumption, Work, and Wages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. ONE. Introduction 1
4. TWO. The Puzzle 13
5. THREE. Empirical Pattern in the United States 42
6. FOUR. A Theory of Mass Consumption as Wage-Labor Commensuration 79
7. FIVE. Economic Fairness and the Wage Labor Background 123
8. SIX. Standardization of Consumption, Work, and Wages 149
9. SEVEN. Standardizing Utility: Brands and Commercial and Legal Warranties 180
10. EIGHT. Product Testing and Product Regularization 197
11. NINE. Moral Panic about Utility: Planned Obsolescence 218
12. TEN. Conclusion: Capitalism, Commensuration, and the Normativity of Economic Action 265
13. APPENDIX 1 273
14. APPENDIX 2 276
15. Notes 277
16. References 321
17. Acknowledgments 339
18. Index 341