US EditionThe United States of Consumption
U.S. consumer debt, nearing $18 trillion, sustains military spending that generates pollution disproportionately harming low-income and minority communities domestically and abroad.
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The United States of Consumption
I learned one of my most valuable lessons about U.S. power in my first year as a Brown University doctoral student. It was in anthropology professor Catherine Lutz’s seminar on empire and social movements. I’d sum up what I remember something like this: Americans consume one hell of a lot — cars, clothes, food, toys, expensive private colleges (ahem…), and that’s just to start. Since other countries like China, the United Kingdom, and Japan purc…
The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste
( Tomdispatch.com) – I learned one of my most valuable lessons about U.S. power in my first year as a Brown University doctoral student. It was in anthropology professor Catherine Lutz’s seminar on empire and social movements. I’d sum up what I remember something like this: Americans consume one hell of a lot — cars, clothes, food, toys, expensive private colleges (ahem…), and that’s just to start. Since other countries like China, the United Ki…
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