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Art in Review: Gerald Byrne: ‘Why It's Time for Imperial, Again'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
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This terrific Irish artist made it in 1997, and it dramatizes a conversation from 1980, but as a meditation on consumerism, urban decay, the energy crisis and the automobile industry, it is as relevant as ever. Its presentation here in a former
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Kalle Lasn: the man who inspired the Occupy movement
Tallinn :: Estonia | 7 months ago
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The Adbusters book Meme Wars makes its serious economic points with the aid of sharp graphic images. Photograph: Adbusters Last November, 70 Harvard economics students walked out of a lecture by their faculty head, Greg Mankiw . Angry at the
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Humble food meets high art
Sydney :: Australia | 7 months ago
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The consumption of food is a universally shared experience, enabling people viewing the exhibition to connect with the issues surrounding consumerism, food production and cultural identity.
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Iti¿½s hard to write about private thing: Hindol Sengupta
Mumbai :: India | 8 months ago
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There are two ways of looking at history modern line writing, mostly written from an economic or political point of view. And then there's the Anne Frank style, which gives the reader a sense of the world at that time. Author Hindol Sengupta took the
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Terence Blacker: A break from shopping is what we need
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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News in pictures Opinion blogs Since the dawn of the millennium, we've seen reality television spread like wildfire...Following the recent success at the Olympics, there has been a huge increase in the amount of rhetor... The Catch-Up Service is
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What I'm thinking about: capitalism and singledom
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Couples taking part in Tokyo divorce ceremonies jointly hold a mallet to smash a symbolic wedding ring. Photograph: Alamy We like to think we're free in the free market; that we're beyond the forces of advertising and social manipulation by market
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Grayson Perry: a class act
Sunderland :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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I'm sure this matter hasn't been weighing on his mind, to be honest, but I have come to the conclusion that I rather like Grayson Perry. On first appearance he is, possibly deliberately, the archetype of the irritating contemporary artist: his
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Video: What do China's modern consumers want?
Shanghai :: China | 12 months ago
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Stock, fund or company To view this content you need to install the Flash Player...Published Friday, Jun. 01, 2012 6:24AM EDT Last updated Friday, Jun. 01, 2012 6:26AM EDT Is China the holy grail for consumerism?...Walter Thompson, and author of What
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Branding expert nabs best business book of the year
Toronto :: Canada | 12 months ago
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A veteran of Canadian advertising beat out Conrad Black for a Canadian literary prize, scooping up the National Business Book Award for his critique of consumerism that urges people to realize they can force companies to be more accountable. Bruce
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Green no longer says it for clean crusaders
Sydney :: Australia | 12 months ago
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Catherine Armitage May 27, 2012 Read later Challenge Jeremy Heimans aims to bridge the gap between the many people who say they want to buy green and the few who do...The glacial progress of governments and corporations in moving to a lower carbon
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