Benjamin R. Barber

Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and the Wilson H Elkins Professor at the Maryland School of Public Affairs Benjamin R Barber

An examination of the effects of capitalism on American culture and society reveals how consumer capitalism overproduces goods, targets children as consumers, and replaces public goods with private commodities.

How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

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Contends that education should be the number-one national priority; argues against the fashionable cries of political correctness; and offers a program for teaching democracy through a resurgence of community service.

Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and the Wilson H Elkins Professor at the Maryland School of Public Affairs Benjamin R Barber

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