All I wanted was a cheap bed. What I got was a Kafkaesque nightmare
By Craig Davidson Oct 19, 2009
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At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching
By Laura Miller
September 10, 2009
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Sure, a couple ingredients clean your hair. But the rest are a veritable toxic dump on your head
By Bill Bunn
August 13, 2009
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Everyone loves a bargain, but a new book illuminates the dangers of cheap stuff
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 12, 2009
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An adventure in the thrifty, nifty world of die-hard scavenging, where you won't believe what you can find if you just know where to look.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 30, 2009
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Commemorative dildos? Barack toilet paper? If there's one thing that sells in this economy, it's our 44th president.
By Sarah Hepola
January 19, 2009
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Christmas shopping during an economic free-fall is making me anxious: Everything is on sale, but at what cost?
By Joy Press
December 15, 2008
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Pasolini's "Salò" blends fascism, de Sade and upscale art cinema into the most notorious film in the medium's history. Watch it at home!
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 8, 2008
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After Michael Townsend and Adriana Yoto found their skyline blighted by a colossal mall, they protested it in an unusual way -- they moved in.
By Lisa Selin Davis
August 15, 2008
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With their tricked-out yachts, trained servants and diamond-frosted toys, newly rich Russians have invaded London -- and thrown Britain's elite into a royal tizzy.
By Clare Foges
June 12, 2008
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I could be an actor or a writer or even a therapist, but nothing seems to be worth all the work and commitment.
By Cary Tennis
March 12, 2007
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What a deal! Crush your individuality at state-of-the-art chain stores!
By Damien Cave
November 22, 2000
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Seeking the triumph of socialism? Look no further than your local Ikea megastore.
By Alan Deutschman
November 22, 2000
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Why did socialism fail in the United States -- and whose loss is it, anyway?
By John Leonard
August 17, 2000
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Bush's nonchalance toward death penalty is disturbing Plus: Is Microsoft's call for censoring justified? America's "Child Geniuses" are just book-smart.
May 15, 2000
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Do Americans shop too much? Maybe, but social critics fail to grasp the delights of stuff and the true causes of our nagging malaise.
By Joan Smith
May 11, 2000
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Are black leaders hypocritical in their response to hate crime? Plus: Limbaugh's rush to judgment on McCain; do teachers necessitate tutors?
Letters to the editor
March 8, 2000
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Only by immersing our children in marketing can we teach them to choose.
By Nick Gillespie
March 6, 2000
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Annual shopping-spree extravaganzas turn otherwise respectable journalists into shills for Santa Mammon.
By Jenn Shreve
November 19, 1999
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The men behind the ballsy "Fight Club" talk about anti-consumerism, annoying boomerisms and how to make soap out of human fat.
By Michael Sragow
October 14, 1999
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Old Navy and Starbucks and Jamba Juice! Oh my! Plus: Feed looks at the latest trend in computer interfaces.
By Jenn Shreve
August 13, 1999
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Two conservative pundits play a game of moral Twister trying to reconcile consumerism and traditional values.
By Gavin McNett
June 29, 1999
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Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The Bridget Jones Diary."
By Jenn Shreve
June 4, 1999
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The Surreal Gourmet's solution to holiday retail madness: homemade herbed olive oils.
By The Surreal Gourmet
December 5, 1997
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The couple who lived in a mall
Dancing with the New Tsars
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Furniture buyers of the world, unite!
Better red than brain-dead
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