http://dir.salon.com/topics/consumerism/?source=rss&aim=consumerism en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT By Craig Davidson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/ikea_nightmare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/ikea_nightmare/index.html?source=rss All I wanted was a cheap bed. What I got was a Kafkaesque nightmare By Laura Miller Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching By Bill Bunn Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/good_life/2009/08/13/shampoo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/good_life/2009/08/13/shampoo/index.html?source=rss Sure, a couple ingredients clean your hair. But the rest are a veritable toxic dump on your head By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/12/cheap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/12/cheap/index.html?source=rss Everyone loves a bargain, but a new book illuminates the dangers of cheap stuff By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/30/scavengers_manifesto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/30/scavengers_manifesto/index.html?source=rss 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 Sarah Hepola Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/19/obama_nation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/19/obama_nation/index.html?source=rss Commemorative dildos? Barack toilet paper? If there's one thing that sells in this economy, it's our 44th president. By Joy Press Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/15/shop_awe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/15/shop_awe/index.html?source=rss Christmas shopping during an economic free-fall is making me anxious: Everything is on sale, but at what cost? By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/08/salo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/08/salo/index.html?source=rss 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 Lisa Selin Davis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/15/living_in_mall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/15/living_in_mall/index.html?source=rss 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 Clare Foges Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/12/new_tsars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/12/new_tsars/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/12/slacker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/12/slacker/index.html?source=rss I could be an actor or a writer or even a therapist, but nothing seems to be worth all the work and commitment. By Damien Cave Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/22/old_navy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/22/old_navy/index.html?source=rss What a deal! Crush your individuality at state-of-the-art chain stores! By Alan Deutschman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/22/ikea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/22/ikea/index.html?source=rss Seeking the triumph of socialism? Look no further than your local Ikea megastore. By John Leonard Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/08/17/socialism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/08/17/socialism/index.html?source=rss Why did socialism fail in the United States -- and whose loss is it, anyway? Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/15/texas_executions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/15/texas_executions/index.html?source=rss Bush's nonchalance toward death penalty is disturbing Plus: Is Microsoft's call for censoring justified? America's "Child Geniuses" are just book-smart. By Joan Smith Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/11/shop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/11/shop/index.html?source=rss Do Americans shop too much? Maybe, but social critics fail to grasp the delights of stuff and the true causes of our nagging malaise. Letters to the editor Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/08/hate_crime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/08/hate_crime/index.html?source=rss Are black leaders hypocritical in their response to hate crime? Plus: Limbaugh's rush to judgment on McCain; do teachers necessitate tutors? By Nick Gillespie Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/03/06/buy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/03/06/buy/index.html?source=rss Only by immersing our children in marketing can we teach them to choose. By Jenn Shreve Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/19/gift_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/11/19/gift_guide/index.html?source=rss Annual shopping-spree extravaganzas turn otherwise respectable journalists into shills for Santa Mammon. By Michael Sragow Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/10/14/fincher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/10/14/fincher/index.html?source=rss The men behind the ballsy "Fight Club" talk about anti-consumerism, annoying boomerisms and how to make soap out of human fat. By Jenn Shreve Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/13/mall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/08/13/mall/index.html?source=rss Old Navy and Starbucks and Jamba Juice! Oh my! Plus: Feed looks at the latest trend in computer interfaces. By Gavin McNett Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/06/29/market/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/06/29/market/index.html?source=rss Two conservative pundits play a game of moral Twister trying to reconcile consumerism and traditional values. By Jenn Shreve Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/04/ad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/04/ad/index.html?source=rss 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 The Surreal Gourmet Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1997/12/05/surreal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1997/12/05/surreal/index.html?source=rss The Surreal Gourmet's solution to holiday retail madness: homemade herbed olive oils.