TY - BOOK AU - Garon,Sheldon M. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Beyond our means: why America spends while the world saves AV - HC79.S3 G37 2012eb U1 - 339.4/3 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Saving and investment KW - Thriftiness KW - United States KW - Asia KW - Capital movements KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "A Princeton University Press e-book"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10503244 ER -