Title The overspent American : why we want what we don't need / with Juliet Schor. [Kanopy electronic resource]

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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1895024~S1

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Description	1 online resource (1 video file, 33 min.)
	digital
	video file MPEG-4 Flash
Credits	Executive producers, Sut Jhally, Loretta Alper ; producer, editor, camera, Kelly Garner.
Event	Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2004.
Summary	This powerful video scrutinizes what Juliet Schor calls "the new consumerism" - a national phenomenon of upscale spending shaped and reinforced by a media system driven by commercial interests. Illustrated with hundreds of media examples, The Overspent American draws attention to the costs (both financial and social) of the relentless search for happiness and identity through spending.
Audience	Grade 9+
	Higher education.
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject	Consumer behavior -- United States.
	Consumer protection.
	Consumption (Economics) -- United States.
	Credit -- United States.
	Debt -- United States.
	Finance, Personal -- United States.
	Lifestyles -- United States.
	Saving and investment -- United States.
	Values -- United States.
	Consumption (Economics)
Genre	Documentary films.
Added Author	Alper, Loretta.
	Garner, Kelly.
	Jhally, Sut.
	Schor, Juliet.
	Kanopy (Firm)
In:	Media Education Foundation Collection njcore00000000080
Music No.	1041584 Kanopy

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