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Friday 25 April 2008

	Josie Appleton
	The cultural contradictions of consumerism Once, society celebrated money-making chancers and lauded prudent hard workers. Today, says a new book, it is plying us with dumbed-down ‘stuff’ in order to keep us infantilised.

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