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Pop Music (Econ Therapy)

April 30, 2015 by William Eaton

  In memoirs published decades later, the Beatles producer George Martin recalls meeting with the band members in 1962 after they auditioned for him and his colleagues. Martin did not think the Beatles’ songs were very good, but, chatting with them afterwards he happened to ask if there was anything that they themselves did not like. To which George Harrison replied: “Well, there’s your tie, for a start.” Legend has it that this was the turning point. Harrison’s impish, gently […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: Beatles, bossa nova, capitalism, consumerism, João Gilberto, Raymond Williams, Rolling Stones, Yeats

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Pinkwashing: Consumerism and Breast Cancer Awareness

October 25, 2014 by William Eaton

[print_link]        [email_link] Before Pinktober comes to an end, we should all squeeze in a conversation about “Pinkwashing,” the corporate trend of slapping pink ribbons on every variety of product imaginable in the name of breast cancer awareness. It turns out there is no regulation on the pink ribbon (although the Susan G. Komen Foundation has patented the phrase “for the cure”) so companies draping their products in pink are not obliged to donate even a penny of proceeds […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: breast cancer, consumerism

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Fighting over a pair of brand new sneakers

August 25, 2014 by Alexia Raynal

The meaning of marginalized children’s consumption habits Children usually have little purchasing power but are a big marketing audience. In the United States, as in many other parts of the world, an entire industry revolves around children’s consumption habits. Leggo, Barbie, and Disney are among the better known companies. But there are also many others that target less “mainstream” markets. This post is about such “marginalized” markets as analyzed by social researcher Elizabeth Chin in her book Purchasing Power: Black Kids and […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: childhood, children, consumer, consumerism

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Figuring it out

August 10, 2014 by William Eaton

  From one of the songs of The Pajama Game, which won the Tony Award for the best musical of 1955: I figured it out I figured it out With a pencil and a pad I figured it out! Seven and a half cents doesn’t buy a hell of a lot, Seven and a half cents doesn’t mean a thing! But give it to me every hour, Forty hours every week, And that’s enough for me to be living like […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: Broadway theater, capitalism, consumerism, Hollywood, unions

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The silence at the end of the tunnel

June 1, 2014 by William Eaton

  In La société de la consommation (1970; The Consumer Society) the sociologist Jean Baudrillard wrote of how the urbanization and industrialization of human life had created new rarities: “space and time, clean air, greenery, water, silence . . . Some goods, previously free and readily available, are becoming luxury goods that only a privileged few can enjoy, while manufactured goods or services are widely available.” This fits with my sense that luxuries can now be defined negatively: not owning […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: Bob Dylan, consumerism, death, music, noise, Pascal, silence

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From Sanitation to Libation: The evolution of Mother’s Day

May 10, 2014 by William Eaton

Having worked in the restaurant industry for the past 10 years, I can say that Mother’s Day is  certainly the cash cow of Sunday brunches for all employees. Mimosas are a-flowing and tips are a-plentiful. Today I’ve come across this surprising history of the holiday, worth sharing before we all run off to send out our last minute flowers and hallmark cards! National Geographic writes in Mother’s Day Turns 100: It’s Surprisingly Dark History, of Anna Jarvis, founder of a holiday formed […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: consumerism, National Geographic

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