[SustainableTompkins] Luxury Fever

[Martha Armstrong]

Valerie,

Thanks for pointing us to this very interesting article which 
proposes a progressive consumption tax.

For those who are interested, Professor Frank's website is

http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty/profiles/frank/

the link to download the article is just below his bio.

Martha

>Why is it often so hard to live a simple and sustainable life in our
>culture? Why do we often feel pressure to upgrade, or experience
>"feature creep," when we build a house, or buy a car or a computer?  Can
>we make changes on a societal level, or are we limited to individual and
>small group resistance?
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>Please join us tomorrow, Saturday, from 2-4 pm, at the public library to
>hear Robert Frank examine these and related issues in his free talk
>"Luxury Then and Now."  Professor Frank is an economist at the Johnson
>School of Management at Cornell, and the author of "Luxury Fever" and
>other books on excess and social class in America.  You may want to read
>his article, "Our Climb to Sublime:  Hold On.  We Don't Need to Go
>There," on his Cornell website. Professor Frank will compare the
>free-wheeling world of F.Scott Fitzgerald's 1920s with our economic
>picture today. This talk is part of the library's Community Read series,
>an annual collaboration between the Tompkins County Public Library and
>Cornell.
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>There will be a Kick-Off reception before the talk, at 1:30.  Please
>invite your friends.  We hope to see you there!
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>Best,
>
>Valorie
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>PS. Please also mark your calendars for the next talk in the series. 
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>Michelle Moody-Adams will speak this Wednesday, September 13, at 7 pm,
>on "Ethical Issues in The Great Gatsby."  Professor Moody-Adams is a
>philosopher who is firmly committed to community engagement, and a
>lively and accessible speaker. She will examine the ethical issues
>presented by the novel's characters - including racism, anti-Semitism,
>greed, and disloyalty - and their meaning in today's world.
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>Valorie Rockney
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>Public Programming & Community Relations Coordinator
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>Tompkins County Public Library
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>607.272.4557, ext. 219
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>http:www.tcpl.org
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