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- James Kittle
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- Location: Hoboken, NJ
- Joined PRX: May 25, 2005
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- "Consuming Desire"
- Summary: Enter the world of passionate collectors and compulsive shoppers to find out why people spent money on objects they don't need.
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Review of Consuming Desire
James Kittle
Posted on May 26, 2005 at 11:04 AM
This piece examines the motivations and some alternatives to American consumer culture. People often believe that buying stuff and working to get the money to buy stuff are natural and benign evolutions of the human condition. Mr. Melby's piece goes a long way towards inciting the listener to both understand and questions the foundations, accoutrements and implications of the American consumer culture that is rapidly pervading the world.