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	Podcast:		Big Ideas (Video)
	Episode:		Benjamin Barber on consumerism and globalization
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:54:51
	Publish Date:		2008-09-27 17:00:00
	Description:		Benjamin Barber's books include "Strong Democracy", "Jihad vs. McWorld" and "Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole". Speaking at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Barber explains how the ideal of people as citizens has been undermined by the drive to turn us all into consumers. The title of his talk is, "Consumerism, Globalization and the End of Sovereignty".
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