Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy.

The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.

News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda.

Much of what is euphemistically known as the middle class, merely because it dresses up to go to work, is now reduced to proletarian conditions of existence. Many white-collar jobs require no more skill and pay even less than blue-collar jobs, conferring little status or security.

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.