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#26A THE CONSUMERIST

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I value having the freedom to spend money and buy things. If I like what a product can do for me, like its image and the message associated with it--and I encounter these images / messages everywhere -- I will buy it. If I am envious of something someone else has, I will work to get one for myself. When I tire of a possession, I discard it for something new. Often, I express who I am through what I buy. Often I find my needs can be met if I shop around, and I like to shop.

Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries:

enjoys shopping

values having things, Economic Materialism

no problem w/ marketing, advertising==>supports Commercialism

engages in Consumer Activism

summary Wikipedia article: Consumerism

Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 2123

Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 24

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playing  card related:  these are spade diamond worldview themes: individual <---> nature             card #26 concise description   

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #26A: The Consumerist

Consumer Bill of Rights (from online encyclopedia)
Consumerist (online encyclopedia article about the consumer affairs blog) 
The National Consumer Law Center ("for consumers" page from non-profit dedicated to "advancing fairness in the marketplace for all") 
link to Consumerist blog
Marketing and Consumerism  (Canadian educational website)
Consumer's Union / Consumer Reports Magazine 
Links to articles about Data Mining and Consumerism (from The Consumerist)
The Luxury Institute (website of group "committed to delivering objective and accurate insights into the behaviors and attitudes of affluent consumers")
The Story of Stuff, with Annie Leonard (20 minute look at "the underside of our production and consumption patterns")
Millennial Longing: firms adapting to the tastes of younger consumers (article from The Economist  Oct 6 2018)
The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett (a 2017 book about what the elite spend their money on, link to author’s website)
Phishing for Fools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by G. Akerlof & R. Shiller  (book review in The Economist September 19 2015)
Stuffocation by James Wallman (review by Steven Poole of this 2015 book in The Guardian)
Fine Print by David Cay Johnston (read excerpt of 2012 book re: how big corporations rip off consumers) 
Brainwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom (more on this 2011 book)

"Watches and Wonders 2015: What the world's one percent wear on their wrists" by Stephy Chung   (reported on CNN October 4 2015)

"Buying Partisan: Voting With Your Wallet" (article from The Economist September 13 2014)
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Caveat Vendor" (article from The Economist Feb 1 2014)
"Brands Finding it Hard to Adapt to Age of Scepticism" (article from The Economist Feb 1 2014)
"The Economic Waste of Christmas Giving?"  (report by Paul Solman on PBS News Hour December 24, 2013)
"Chinese Consumers Spent A Record $5.7 Billion On Singles' Day" by Hayley Peterson ( November 11 2013 article from Business Insider)
"Shopping: The Emporium Strikes Back" (article from The Economist July 13 2013)
"The Science Behind Gifting"   (December 3 2012 article from The Wall Street Journal)
"The Tyranny of Choice: You Choose" (article from The Economist Dec 18 2010)
"The Magic of Good Service" (article on The Economist September 2 2012)
"The Genius of QVC," by Megan McArdle (June 2010 The Atlantic article about the shopping network)
"Powerless Consumers Spend More" by Adam Galinsky (article from Sept 22 2008 Advertising Age)
Buyology: Truths and Lies About Why We Buy, by Martin Lindstrom (read excerpts from 2008 book)
Consumerism and the New Capitalism  (essay by R. Cronk) 
The Center for Consumer Freedom
The Center for Consumer Freedom -- their deception exposed
The Consuming Instinct by Gad Saad (2011 book by marketing professor and Psychology Today blogger)
Why We Buy--The Science of Shopping, by Paco Underhill (read excerpts from this 2008 book at Google Books)
Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping, by Rem Koolhaas (book review of this 800 page volume)
Life is Not Complete Without Shopping: Consumption Culture in Singapore, by Chua Beng Huat (book review)
Temples of Consumption: Shopping Malls As Secular Cathedrals
Economics Notes: Your Role as a Consumer
Shopping is Patriotic, Leaders Say
For American Consumers, How Much is Enough? by Jeffrey Shaffer (May, 2007 CSM article)
The Moral Nature of Free Enterprise
Blippy.com (website providing "a fun and easy way to see and discuss the things people are buying")
"Wake Up and Sell the Coffee," by Barbara Kiviat (article on selling high priced coffee to affluent consumers)
"Guilt Won't Stop Impulsive Shoppers, Researchers Say" (2007 CBC article)

Reviews on Amazon: Five Star Fakes (report from The Economist October 24 2015)

"Online Retailing: A Return to Santa" (article about hard to please online shoppers in Europe from The Economist December 21 2013)
"Sex and Advertising: Retail Therapy" (historical perspective from Dec 17 2011 The Economist)
"Data Mining: How Companies Know Everything About You"  by Joel Stein (cover story Time Mar 21 2011)
"The Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Watchdog" by Justin Fox (article in Time July 27, 2009)
Home Shopping: The Cult of the Snuggie, by M.J. Stephey (article in Time February 2, 2009)
Shop Till You Drop, by Larry Kudlow
Middle East Shopping Malls: The Battle of the Brands
Overcoming Consumerism  (anti-consumerism website) 
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (book review of this 2003 novel and links to reader reviews)
Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping, by Judith Levine (book review by Marjorie Kehe in CSM, 3/2006)
Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds, by Susan G. Thomas
Behind Consumption and Consumerism --Global Issues  (global health & environmental perspectives) 
Creating the Consumer, by Anup Shah (from global issues website)
All Consuming Passion: Waking Up from the American Dream
Affluenza (from online encyclopedia, refers to term used by those critical of consumerism)
Affluenza (teacher's guide PBS series on ills of consumerism)
Salvation Through Consumption?
The Sacred Santa: Religious Dimensions of Consumer Culture by Dell deChant
The CardHub on Comparing Credit Cards (the ultimate website about credit cards on multiple levels: consumer, researcher, etc.)
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"As you shop in "The Reality Marketplace" avoid spending your "reality cash" too early,  before you have seen everything. " 
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,  by Stephen P. Cook,  with Donella H. Meadows.

 
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