Tim Kasser

Tim Kasser, a professor of psychology at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, has spent two decades researching materialism, consumerism, capitalism, well-being, and the environment. He has written three books and consults with a variety of nonprofit organizations. He is a co-author, with Larry Gonick, of Hypercapitalism: The Modern Economy, Its Values, and How to Change Them (The New Press).

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Library Journal

“A great introduction to the current state of the economy and what can be done about it, and a solid addition for Gonick’s many fans.”

Kirkus Reviews

“[A] timely counter to those who celebrate predatory economics as the best of all possible financial worlds."

Publishers Weekly

“Gonick’s latest is another triumph: a new self-education classic for these troubled times.”

Books by Tim Kasser

Hypercapitalism
The Modern Economy, Its Values, and How to Change Them

Tim Kasser, Larry Gonick