Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (2010)
<i>Western economies, particularly that of the United States, have been built in a very calculated manner on gratification, addiction, and unnecessary spending.</i><p>Calculated, like in planned-economy, directive-from-the-top? I disagree. A lot of the "fluff," as the author describes it, is excess capital finding its way to things people find pleasurable, whether it be dope, travel, beauty, or rock and roll. Purveyors of such pleasures have proved to be remarkably adept at creating & providing these opportunities.