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New Republic by Amitai Etzioni | Jun. 11, 2009 (Opinion)
America after consumerism.

What needs to be eradicated, or at least greatly tempered, is consumerism: the obsession with acquisition that has become the organizing principle of American life. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Business
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jun 11, 2009 - 6:40 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jun 11, 2009 - 6:42 AM PDT

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Jun. 11, 2009

Surprisingly unsophisticated for a publication like the New Republic.

While I whole-heartedly agree that consumerism is bad for a healthy society, the analysis and prescriptions in this essay are entirely unimaginative.

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