Consumed

Unfortunately I have to return this book to the library because it has a hold on it, so I'll have to wait a few weeks before the rest of Benjamin R. Barber's wisdom is revealed. Consumed: How markets corrupt children, infantalize adults and swallow citizens whole is an extremely slow read, and I made it to the halfway point. It's not due to a dry writing style, but that several premises of Barber reach back into philosophers I never studied in school and economic concepts that are above my head. He's no Naomi Klein!

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