Independent, UK – The exact point at which a life of frugality – led by most people until the 1950s – developed into one of comfort, before slipping into absurd excess, is impossible to determine, admits Benjamin Barber, author of the best-selling Jihad Vs. McWorld. His new book, Consumed, tackles obsessive, “hyper” consumption. This trend, predicts Barber, is leading democratic societies towards an early grave.
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