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3 Surprising Shopping Habits That Are Bad for the World

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. March 12, 2012.

While most progressives are aware of Wal-Mart's labor problems, they may not know about the way workers at an Amazon shipping facility are treated.

The Nasty Truth About the Online Retailers You Probably Used for Your Holiday Shopping

Mac McClelland, Mother Jones Online. December 23, 2011.

The workers who box the stuff we order online are often treated terribly.

Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy

Christine MacDonald, AlterNet. December 23, 2011.

The road to prosperity and happiness doesn't lead to the shopping mall, as most economists would have you believe.

Beyond the Banks: 3 More Ways to Move Your Money Away from Corporations

Anna Lekas Miller, AlterNet. November 7, 2011.

Can we organize to actively move our money from the corporations that control our political systems, and invest in more just and sustainable economies?

Vision: Deadly Accidents, Inhumane Conditions -- Why We Must Fight to Stop Abuse of the World's Sweatshop Workers

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. December 31, 2010.

Conditions at sweatshops overseas have not improved as much as they should have over the past several decades. Not by a long shot.

Don't Buy in Bulk! Busting Down the Myths of Bargain Shopping and Coupon Clipping

Rachel Singer Gordon, AlterNet. June 10, 2010.

Everything you’ve heard about saving money at the store is wrong!

"Sex and the City" Hate: Why Don't Men Get Slammed for Lavish Spending?

Ashley Sayeau, The Nation. June 2, 2010.

Critiques of SATC's materialism are valid. But the more vicious attacks on the franchise tap into long-standing anxieties about women's progress and its effect on masculinity.

Rethinking the Shopper's High: New Ways to Get the Rush Without Laying Out the Cash

Luanne Bradley, AlterNet. March 2, 2010.

The serotonin surge from shopping (think runner's high spiked with chic Milly dresses and swank Boss suits) can be attained from trying and not buying.

Mall Riots: Why Are Some Americans Becoming Violent Shoppers?

Seth Sandronsky, AlterNet. February 11, 2010.

Americans used to protest in the streets; now some have resorted to fighting each other in shopping malls. What happened?

11 Ways to Make Your Holiday Economically and Environmentally Friendly

Sarah Sloane, AlterNet. December 11, 2009.

The holidays can mean big expenses and lots of waste (not to mention the emotional costs). Here's how to avoid all that mess.

Most of Us Hate X-mas: Let's End That Holiday As We Know It

Bill McKibben, Grist.org. November 30, 2009.

If you poll Americans this time of year, far more regard the approaching holidays with dread than anticipation. How can we make Christmas worthwhile again?

How Outlet Malls Have Convinced Shoppers into Thinking They're Getting a Sweet Deal

Ellen Rupel Shell, The Penguin Press. August 8, 2009.

Are America's 55 million outlet shoppers scoring great deals on expensive brandname products, or getting less than they're bargaining for?

Death by Shoppers -- Haunted by Wal-Mart

Rene Ciria-Cruz, New America Media. December 10, 2008.

Perhaps we need a big public health campaign to start curbing uncontrolled shopping.

Wal-Mart Shoppers Trample and Kill Employee Jdimytai Damour, Keep Shopping

Baratunde Thurston, Jack & Jill Politics. December 1, 2008.

A failure of values at the largest and smallest scales of society.

Just in Time for the Holidays: Obama's Shopping Advice for Nervous Consumers

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 27, 2008.

The president-elect doesn't want to discourage people from spending money right now. He also doesn't want to look like Bush.

Are You Unhappy? Is It Because of Consumer Addiction?

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.

The Fall of the American Consumer

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.

Dress for Excess: The Cost of Our Clothing Addiction

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.

The Commercialization of Christmas: What Would Jesus Buy?

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.

What Would Jesus Buy?

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.

Consider Boycotting Holiday Shopping

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.

Nine Rules for Buying the Right Handbag

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.

Shop 'Til the Earth Drops

Amy Wolf, Indypendent. June 20, 2007.

Once prescribed as the remedy for a bad day at work, shopping is now touted as the cure for global warming.

Do serious enviros shop online or in person?

Guest Blogger, May 8, 2007.

Umbra Fisk: The jury is out...

Brisk Trading in Racist Furnishings and Home Decorations

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.

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