The psychological roots of resource over-consumption

Author
Nate Hagens
Year
2011
Published in
The Oil Drum

In his contributed chapter to Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse, Nate Hagens focuses on the demand-side drivers explaining why our society continues to seek and consume more stuff.

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