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RSSTag : consumerism (48)
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Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede »
Posted by: ameliog 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses ...
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2009 brings hard choices over the future of capitalism »
Posted by: berkeley 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Happy new year? You must be joking. 2009 will begin with a wail, and then get worse. Millions of people have already been put out ...
(read more)Read (78) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at guardian.co.uk
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Consumerism: an Historical Perspective »
Posted by: berkeley 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Sharon Beder explores the history of consumer societies from the 1920s when over-production of goods exceeded demand. Instead of stabilising the economy, reducing working hours ...
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Havel Laments as ‘Consumer Palaces’ Occupy Nation - Bloomberg.com »
Posted by: gamahuche 2 weeks, 4 days ago in Political News
For Vaclav Havel , the leader of the 1989 “Velvet Revolution” that peacefully overthrew Communism in what became the Czech Republic, the optimism of 20 years ...
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An Upside to the Economic Downturn »
Posted by: berkeley 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that having more stuff will lead to happiness, because there’s an element of truth ...
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OpEdNews » The Real Bailout Needed is a Consumer Bailout »
Posted by: sleser001 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
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Having stabilized the financial system and the auto industry with bailouts, the government should turn to the most critical economic issue, the one that really ...Read (54) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at opednews.com
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Can't Buy Me Love - Paganism, The Economy, And Christmas »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 7 months ago in Business & Finance
I came very close to chucking the entire holiday season this year. Not only because the world economy is making it particularly challenging in terms ...
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Economic downturn spurs "survival panic" for some »
Posted by: berkeley 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
A paralegal, recently laid off, wanted to get back at the "establishment" that he felt was to blame for his lost job. So when he ...
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Branded »
Posted by: tehranchik 11 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Late in 2006, pollsters at the Pew Research Center called up 2,000 Americans and asked a simple question: Which products could people simply not ...
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The death of the credit card economy »
Posted by: _kam0_ 10 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
Car leases, student loans, no-money-down mortgages, and high credit limits are vanishing. The most revolutionary notion in commerce today is one of the oldest. If ...
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Thank You Very Much, Carrie Bradshaw »
Posted by: womantribune 4 months, 4 weeks ago in Style
While some may argue that Sex And The City gave women something to obsess over I believe it gave women the permission to indulge in ...
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Teenage student arrested on suspicion of killing 10-year-old in argument over iPod in India »
Posted by: ameliog 10 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The boy allegedly pushed the 10-year-old girl off a 30-foot bridge then climbed down and strangled her unconscious body on Monday, said Swapan Banerjee, the ...
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How Much Money is Enough? »
Posted by: dove12 2 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
Money is one of the most important aspects of today' s times. Ever since man has got over the barter system, money has never turned ...
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Can You Survive the Horrors of Modern Life? »
Posted by: Steve-N-Lee 7 months ago in News
Horrific news hit Britain last week. So horrific the repercussions will reverberate the length and breadth of the nation for years to come.
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Consumer Kids and Their Plastic Lives »
Posted by: populist 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Style
Producing and saving just isn’t going to cut it with these kids. They have been trained to splurge beyond their means and have not ...
(read more)Read (71) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at takimag.com
