C S. (ckdex) reviewed Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Not the light read one might suppose. Though it is not academic, there is a good deal of political history and philosophy to support his assertion that the outcome of advanced capitalism as practiced in the U.S. is infantilism of adults. The last third of the book looks at responses to excessive marketing and consumption, and the author's prescription for correcting capitalism's excesses.
John O. (buzzby) -
He's too in love with the cute terms he's made up.
