Vance Packard was a contemporary of the advertising consultant J. Gordon Lippincott, and at the time, he was perhaps the most vocal and widely read critic of the growth of consumerism across the U.S. Packard argued that from a long-term economic perspective, durability and conservation were much more important than the short-term pleasures of consumerism. While Packard’s books sold well, ultimately the consumerist ideas of advertisers like Lippincott proved to be more widely influential.
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This rise of consumerism and the new American Dream launched during television’s golden age was accompanied by another trash-boosting trend—the plasticization of America.
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This rise of consumerism and the new American Dream launched during television’s golden age was accompanied by another trash-boosting trend—the plasticization of America.
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