How to Escape Consumerism
It's difficult to escape consumerism. Commercials and glossy print ads intoxicate consumers with images of high-end goods like wide screen TVs, luxury cars and the latest electronic gadgets. Their unspoken message equates possession with ... [... more]
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How to become less of a consumer
Do you ever think that you are just working to buy "stuff"...We are all guilty of impulse shopping and hoarding, to some degree. Here are some steps to try not to "buy into consumerism" Go through your home, one room at a time. Make [... more]
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About Antique Victorian Furniture
Victorian furniture was made in England in the nineteenth century. During the Victorian era, Britain ushered in industrialization and mechanization, which fueled the economy and prompted consumerism. Wealthy industrialists purchased big estates ... [... more]
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How to Adopt a Polar Bear
Every Christmas we find ourselves being more and more materialistic. How can we overcome this trend of consumerism? Give meaningful gifts! Donations to charities are great, Adopting an animal is another good idea. Teach the children in your life ... [... more]
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How to Escape the Culture of Consumerism
With foreclosures at an all time high, Americans are beginning to look at their spending habits with a more critical eye. And it's not just houses we're overspending on...laptops, designer clothing and luxury cars are just the tip of the ... [... more]
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Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing ...
 Who Shouldn't Read This Book?!: As a Net Gener myself, I couldn't help but wonder if Don Tapscott had been looking over my shoulder when he wrote this book. Grown Up Digital not only captured the essence of what it means to be a part of the Net [... more]
$27.95
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Holiday Race 2000
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, let the frenzied consumerism begin! The starting gun to the holiday shopping season started even before the last wishbone had been pulled apart, with so-called economics experts predicting a lukewarm retail season. [... more]
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Consumerism: A Defense
You would think that smart intellectuals would realize that no such animal as capitalism exists in the USA or anywhere else. In America we have a welfare state, a highly regulated, even regimented economy, which, admittedly, is relatively more ... [... more]
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Shopportunity!
Highly Recommend This Book!: As a commercial actress who makes her living selling everything from paper towels, body lotions and automobiles, I was mesmerized by this book and had to take a figurative "look in the mirror" regarding my own [... more]
$19.95
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Not Buying It
Wouldn't bother...: I flew through the first third of this book...when she was still having a hard time with not buying things. Then, apparently, she adjusted, because the rest of the book didn't really have much to say about the lack of buying. It was [... more]
$11.99
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The Long Tail, (Revised and Updated)
the (heavy) long tail: this book describes the impact of the increased variety of goods on the new economy. it is based on an article written by the author and on a blog maintained by himself. note that there is a new version of the book which is cheaper [... more]
$11.95
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The Wisdom of Crowds
great stuff!: I read this for a MBA class. Out of the stack of books assigned, so far, this is the only one I liked. It is relevant to today's curious questions of how to get crowds engaged, how crowds behave, and why we even care. I'm trying to teach [... more]
$9.95
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