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Do Americans Shop Too Much? A Christmas Eve Look At Consumerism in the U.S.

StoryDecember 24, 2003
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    As American consumerism reaches its climax on Christmas Eve we speak with sociology professor Juliet Schor author of The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need and Do Americans Shop Too Much?

    • Juliet Schor, Professor of sociology at Boston College. Schor is author of The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need and Do Americans Shop Too Much?

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