Consumed

Great interview with Benjamin Barber, author of the book "Consumed- How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole".

Here's one quote from Barber:

You know, everyone loves Wal-Mart as a consumer. So do I. Lots of goods, cheap prices. But it has social consequences that, as a consumers, we don't think about. We know it means low wages, it means low wages without pensions. It means wage earners who don't have proper healthcare. But, worse than that, it means the destruction of mom and pop stores. The destruction of retail. The destruction of those very little shops you were talking about that are at the heart of America's villages and towns.

Bill Moyers interviews Barber on his Journal show. Watch it here, you might get a different view of how you consume in the future.