Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy.
Christopher LaschIt is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.
Christopher LaschConservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.
Christopher LaschThe news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.
Christopher Lasch