Book Review: Consumed

Consumed – How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults and Swallow Citizens Whole, Benjamin R. Barber, W.W. Norton, 2007, 406 pg Benjamin Barber’s sortie against consumerism is sure to reverberate from the glass tower offices of big box USA to the Read More …

Interesting Article: Holiday gift-giving between adults is a needless, consumerist chore [Quartz]

This article recently published on the site Quartz talks about how Christmas for adults is more like a chore.  Instead of fulfilling its rich normative goals about togetherness and solidarity with the family it is more about receiving gifts. Flanagian notes aptly Read More …