Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book." -Jackson Lears

A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers-and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs. Disturbing, provocative, and compelling, this book examines ph...