Consumerism

Commentary: Culture as Product

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

The American economy may be going through a rough patch, but our zeal for the marketplace hasn’t flagged. And as Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen noticed recently, the selling of culture is a serious business.

James Rosenquist

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Black Friday? Around the world, bargain hunting takes many other forms

November 29, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Sociology of Shopping

August 14, 2013

A LIFE OF STUFF

August 14, 2013

How Much is Enough

August 14, 2013

Steve talks with Alan Durning, author of the new book How Much Is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth. Durning says overconsumption by the world’s 1-billion-person elite is straining the planet’s resources, but hasn’t made us any happier.

Green Consumerism: Hype or Hoax

August 14, 2013

Steve explores the promises and pitfalls of green consuming with Alan Durning, a senior researcher with the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, DC, and Alice Tepper Marlin, president of the Council on Economic Priorities and co-author of Shopping for A Better World.

The Cold War’s aesthetic revival

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The aesthetic glories of Stalinist architecture and East German industrial design are at the heart of an upcoming exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.