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Historian Observes Our Inflated Expectations
Historian Daniel Boorstin suggests that Americans suffer from all-too-extravagant expectations. In his much-quoted book, The Image, Boorstin makes this ...
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Black Friday Trampling at Walmart
Professor James A. Roberts uses the following true story to illustrate the power of our "worldwide consumer culture" (which he defines as "the ...
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If Your House Were Burning, What Would You Grab?
If your house was burning, what would you grab on your way out the door? That question intrigued photographer Foster Huntington, so he gathered his must-save ...
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Timeline Shows How Luxuries Become Necessities
An article from The Atlantic observed that over the past 100 years we have often turned yesterday's luxury products into today's necessities.
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Research Shows That Money Changes Us for the Worse
A Boston Globe article asked the following question: Does money change you? "Here in the home of the American dream," the article stated, "most ...
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Famous Board Game Reflects Our Changing Values
The hugely popular board game by Milton Bradley called The Game of Life went through the following variations—all of which reflect the changing ...
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The TV Show "Hoarders" Exposes Our Misplaced Affections
The TV show "Hoarders" features the true stories about people with compulsions so strong that they can't let go of their "stuff." ...
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Man Finds Bag of Money and Temptation
How does temptation come? Sometimes with lots of warning and time to think, and we may succumb or resist after much deliberation. At other times temptation ...
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Man Overcomes Gambling Addiction
Before serving as a Methodist minister from 2000 to 2010 near Nashville, Tennessee, John M. Eades spent two decades as a therapist counseling drug and ...
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Termites Eat Millions of Indian Rupees
It was an all-you-can-eat buffet at the bank. An army of termites munched through 10 million rupees ($222,000) in currency notes stored in a steel chest ...
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