Consumerism: Just Say "No"

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Air date: 
Mon, 11/24/2014 - 12:00am
The manufactured need for consumer goods makes us dumb
The advertising industry is largely responsible for a consumer obsessed society by creating need where there was no need through sophisticated psychological manipulation of people of all demographics. Tom Becker reads John K. White's article "Just Say No: The Manufactured Need" from CounterPunch.

For a different angle on this topic, listen to Clayton Morgareidge's following  piece about how the 9 to 5 job produces consumerism.

 

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