{"product_id":"consumed-benjamin-r-barber-9780393330892","title":"Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling \u003cem\u003eJihad vs. McWorld\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eConsumed\u003c\/em\u003e 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 phenomena as seemingly disparate as adolescent fashion trends for adults, megachurches, declining voter participation, the privatization of the public sphere, branding, and the rise of online shopping to show how the freedoms of the free market have undermined the freedoms of the deliberative adult citizen. Barber brings together extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary predicament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin R. Barber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393330893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393330892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2008 pg. 24","brand":"Benjamin R. Barber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567297294591,"sku":"9780393330892","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e68803b-8b6a-4c22-950e-f2f3ddf47d3d.jpg?v=1701377007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/consumed-benjamin-r-barber-9780393330892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}