A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, and such a society is a house built upon sand.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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Topic

Advertising and marketing Consumerism

Author

Dorothy L. Sayers

Source

Creed or Chaos?

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Sayers, Dorothy. Creed or Chaos? Methuen & Co., 1947, ch. 6.

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