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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This powerful video scrutinizes what Juliet Schor calls "the new consumerism" - a national phenomenon of upscale spending shaped and reinforced by a media system driven by commercial interests. Illustrated with hundreds of media examples, The Overspent American draws attention to the costs (both financial and social) of the relentless search for happiness and identity through spending.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Are we too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planet in our pursuit of things? And what's the source of all this frenetic consumer energy and desire anyway? In a fast-paced tour of the ecological and psychological terrain of American consumer culture, Shop 'Til You Drop challenges us to confront these questions head-on. Taking aim at the high-stress, high-octane pace of fast-lane materialism, the film moves beneath the seductive surfaces...
Series
Publisher
New Strategist Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2013 Consumer Expenditure Survey, this report presents a broad overview of household spending in the year 2013, and a comparison of spending trends before (2000 to 2006) and after (2006 to 2013) the Great Recession. This reference is designed to give researchers insights into consumer spending trends and patterns and how the patterns differ by demographic characteristics.
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