Garon, Sheldon M. <br/><br/>
Beyond our means  why America spends while the world saves /  [electronic resource] : 
Sheldon Garon. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  c2012. 
 - 475 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/> "A Princeton University Press e-book"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The origins of saving in the Western world -- Organizing thrift in the age of nation-states -- America the exceptional -- Japanese traditions of diligence and thrift -- Saving for the new Japan -- Mobilizing for the Great War -- Save now, buy later : World War II and beyond -- "Luxury is the enemy" : Japan in peace and war -- Postwar Japan's national salvation -- Exporting thrift, or the myth of "Asian values" -- "There is money. Spend it" : America since 1945 -- Keep on saving? : questions for the twenty-first century. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400839407 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Saving and investment.<br/>Thriftiness--United States.<br/>Thriftiness--Asia.<br/>Capital movements.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC79.S3  / G37 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.4/3