 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), Charles J. Gadway - 1973 - 286 pages
...of what could be called budget ism. This does not mean that they actually keep formal budgets-quite the contrary. The beauty of budgetism is that one...middle-class rhythm of life, obligations are homogenized. Cor the overriding aim is to have oneself precommitted to regular, unvarying monthly payments on all... | |
 | Lendol Calder - 2009 - 400 pages
...durable, or at least more expensive, goods and services. "The beauty of budgetism," Whyte pointed out, "is that one doesn't have to keep a budget at all. It's done automatically."12 Whyte astutely perceived that the popularity of installment buying was not solely... | |
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They are exponents of what could be called "budgetism." This does not mean that they actually keep formal budgets. Quite the contrary; the beauty of budgetism is that one doesn't have to keep a budget at all. It's done automatically. In the new middle-class... 