May 5

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Consumer Society

an essay in Economics (ECONO)

End of the World (Wallpaper Company)

It is time more more Economics, people. This is another of my ECONO essays. Hold your nose and … run!

Our system is that of the consumer society.

So what is a “consumer society”? A society that has as in its very beginnings some act by a person of spending money on something. The first positive act of a capitalistic society is the…

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