As holiday shopping overlaps with historic supply chain disruptions, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lizabeth Cohen on the economy's reliance on spending and the culture of consumerism in the U.S.| www.wbur.org
Our landfills are overloaded with textiles that are easily recycled.| The Saturday Evening Post
As an anthropologist interested in American culture, I am curious about many of the odd rituals practiced by the natives in this land (of which I am one). Many of the most important rituals in American culture center around the consumption of goods and services: we buy a lot of stuff. Many people assert that Americans consume too much. Here’s a passage from Affluenza, a popular critique of consumerism in America:| Psychology Today
Lighting market characterization studies that present objective market analysis.| Energy.gov
Download PDF Version: Consumption-Based Economy 2 Sep 2013 2 September 2013 The USA is a consumption-based economy and America is a consumption-driven society. Neither fact is necessarily good or bad. It is the way America has operated for a century. The issues at hand are (1) whether America can sustain high rates of consumption in […]| Jobenomics
I remember when The White Stripes burst onto the scene from Detroit in the early-2000s. Their sound was unique. Their look was unique. And no one could figure out what the relationship was between Jack and Meg White. Are they brother and sister? Are they married? Maybe they’re cousins? This was the early days of...| A Wealth of Common Sense
Why I'm not a golfer.| A Wealth of Common Sense
Think we don't have a clutter problem? These statistics on clutter will blow your mind and make you want to get started decluttering today.| The Simplicity Habit
The average U.S. household builds up a plethora of stuff, which means that figuring out what to keep and what to discard is no easy matter.| Los Angeles Times
