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Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

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"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book."-Jackson LearsA powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of an overproducing global economy that targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers and where the primary... More
Book Information
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
BindingPaperback (5 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages416
ISBN-100393330893
ISBN-13978-0393330892
Publication Date03/17/2008
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About Benjamin R. Barber (Author) : Benjamin R. Barber is a published author. Published credits of Benjamin R. Barber include Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole.
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