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Was Keynes thwarted by consumerism? Insatiable needs, voluntary simplicity, and the pursuit of leisure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Michael B. Harari ,
Deborah Searcy  and
Sara Alshareef
Michael B. Harari
Affiliation:
Department of Management Programs, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Deborah Searcy*
Affiliation:
Department of Management Programs, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Sara Alshareef
Affiliation:
Department of Management Programs, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
*
Corresponding author: Deborah Searcy; Email: [email protected]
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 32 - 34
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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