Juliet B. Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and author of Born to Buy and Sustainable Planet.
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Juliet B. Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and author of Born to Buy and Sustainable Planet.
Somebody needs to be for quality of life, not just quantity of stuff. And to do so requires an approach that does not trivialize consumption, but accords it the respect and centrality it deserves.
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