Posts Tagged ‘J Gordon Lippincott’
Spendaholism resources
Spendaholism, compulsive buying, compulsive shopping disorder, overspending, overshopping, shopaholism. It’s as real as alcoholism and just as destructive. It can contribute to hoarding. And it’s winked at, even grossly encouraged, around the world. “Just a girl’s night out.” “A boy and his toys.” Black Friday. Only 30 days ’til Christmas. And, as I’ve posted elsewhere,…
Read MoreJ. Gordon Lippincott – super genius
J. Gordon Lippincott – evil visionary? Consummate consumerist, unapologetic con man of capitalism? Astoundingly Renaissance-Man-gifted artist, engineer and acutely-observant social scientist. I stumbled on Lippincott’s name while reading Garbology (pps. 66 – 68, 292), author Edward Humes. Humes assigns decisive credit to Lippincott for the invention of conspicuous consumption, defined by the online Encyclopedia Britanica…
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