The Waste Makers Author:Vance Packard "Are we going from riches to rags?...America's foremost social critic exposes the systematic attempt of business to make us wasteful, debt-ridden, permanently discontented individuals. And all under the pretense of 'keep America strong.' Vance Packard clearly analyzes the nine strategies of 'consumerism'--consumption for consumption's sake--an... more »d shows how this new Mammon drains our pocketbooks, undermines our children and threatens our future--as individuals and as a nation. He also suggests what we can do about it--before it is too late!" By the author of How To Pick A Mate, Animal IQ, The Hidden Persuaders, The Status Seekers, The Pyramid Climbers, The Naked Society, The Sexual Wilderness, A Nation Of Strangers, The People Shapers, Our Endangered Children, and The Ultra Rich. File under Sociology.« less