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Tag: H C Atkins industrialist consumerism

Posted on May 28, 2013July 9, 2014

In quotes: The origins of consumerism and the work ethic

Herbert Hoover and Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, at labor conference on unemployment

Over the years many documents have surfaced that may explain the origins of our society’s apparently all-pervading consumerism. On this page I’m going to try and list some of the important sources that may give us some insight into the origins  of consumerism and the work ethic.… Read more

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