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Falling for the cult of consumerism

By Claude R. Marx
Globe Correspondent / August 14, 2009

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Next time you go shopping and focus mostly on getting a bargain, not only are you likely to get merchandise of lower quality, but you are making the world a worse place by contributing to the exploitation of the poor and working class. (Full article: 564 words)

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