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TERRA 410: The Story of Stuff PART TWO

Posted on January 08, 2008

In Part Two of The Story of Stuff we find out how the system of buying goods actually works and why it has developed the way it has. Why do we always feel like we need more stuff? Why don't things last like they did fifty years ago? Why are we all working so much more than we used to? And how does...


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america , buy , capitalism , consume , consumerism , documentary , goods , kmart , product , story , stuff , target , us , walmart
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