Consumerism
Review – Work: a history of how we spend our time
11 May 2021 Though sometimes misdiagnosing political problems as spiritual pathologies, James Suzman's book provides a compelling history of how work came to dominate our lives. Review by Madoc Cairns
That’s advertainment: reality TV and product placement
17 December 2020 Sophie Benson explores the insidious role of unethical advertising in reality TV – and in the offscreen careers of its stars
Hidden labours: how capitalism shapes gaming culture
29 April 2020 Paolo Ruffino looks beyond the myths of the video game industry to its contemporary neoliberal realities
Book Review: Swimming with Sharks: My journey into the world of the bankers
10 November 2016 Jenny Nelson reviews Luyendiks analysis of the City – the ‘time bomb at the heart of our society’.
Change-a-leujah!
1 October 2005 Jo Littler interviews Reverend Billy and Savatri D about the politics of anti-consumerism
Doing it for the kiddies
1 April 2005 Dear Subcomandauntie, I've just been sent £256 from Gordon Brown's Child Trust Fund (CTF) to invest for my nine-month-old daughter's future, but I don't have a clue what to do with it. I understand I can either invest it in stocks and shares or a bank or building society account. Is there an ethical option? Yours, Sleepless in E9
Every Lidl hurts
1 March 2005 The super-low prices of Lidl, Europe's answer to Wal-Mart come at a cost: the rights, wages and dignity of the company's workforce. Chris Leach reports
“Whiplash” Wilko
1 September 2004 Mark Barnsley reports on the high-street hardware store growing fat on the profits of prison slavery
The self-indulgence of bourgeois consumer boycotts
1 August 2004 Dear Subcomandauntie, In between my bizarre double-life as a financial adviser and Marxist guerrilla, I regularly go jogging and clubbing. Such a lifestyle makes a decent pair of trainers essential. How can I protect my little pinkies in trendy, reliable footwear without wearing expensive branded shoes stitched together by mainly Third-World women or child workers for a few pence a day? Yours, Dancing Queen, Leeds
