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 …

The Baffling Logic of Apple Products

Apple, more valuable than the whole Russian stock market, with the announcement of the new Apple Pencil, questions are brought up, is Apple really innovative as the folk wisdom really suggest? I explore the baffling logic of purchasing Apple products in this article. Read More …