Charles Shaw, AlterNet. April 11, 2008. The pattern of out-of-control consumption in the U.S. is not too different from the well-known behavioral patterns of substance abusers.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. March 12, 2008. We have been the world's designated shoppers, and, if we fall down on the job, we take the global economy with us.
Stan Cox, AlterNet. November 30, 2007. Americans' out-of-control clothing shopping is causing an ecological plague, humanitarian nightmare and the need for some really, really big closets.
Emily Wilson, AlterNet. November 23, 2007. A camera crew followed the Reverend Billy across the country as he preached against our shopping-hungry culture. His message is just in time for the holiday frenzy.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. November 21, 2007. As the holiday shopping frenzy begins, one documentary explores the problems of mass consumerism and the exploited foreign labor it depends on.
Susan Feiner, Women's eNews. November 12, 2007. The biggest retail day of the year is this month, and it's time to resist the "buy" buttons that advertisers are trying to push and to join a consuming boycott.
Paula Marantz Cohen, The Smart Set. October 27, 2007. The handbag is either a symbol of nesting or a tool of enslavement. Either way, buying one's a bitch.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. April 30, 2007. Swapping, selling and collecting a huge array of racist furnishings and home decorative pieces is a brisk and lucrative business.
