The dynamic successor to Benjamin R. Barber's best-seller, Jihad vs. McWorld, the book Consumed offers a vivid portrait of a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers. In a market where there are never enough buyers and where the primary goal is no longer the production of goods but of needs, the book examines seemingly incompatible phenomena such as teenage fashion trends for adults, grand churches, the decline in voter turnout, the privatization of the public sector, branding, and the rise of online commerce. Barber combines extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary condition.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Benjamin R. Barber
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 416
- Release Date
- 17/03/2008
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Dimensions
- 14x21.1 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780393330892
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