Tag: consumer culture

• I tried to live for 24 hours without using oil-based products. It was ridiculously impossible

  May 1, 2026

  The world’s economy is completely dependent on petrochemicals. Is there any way to avoid them? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/02/24-hours-without-oil-based-products?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• The LRB Podcast: Where does our waste go?

  November 19, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/CJwxWiG Since the 1980s, Brett Christophers wrote recently in the LRB, ‘firms have made vast amounts of money by sending the rich world’s waste to the global South’ – hazardous… more ›

• Chinese Tech Giants Have Big Ambitions in Brazil

  June 23, 2025

  Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/business/china-temu-meituan-shein-brazil.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk8.rG3_.tgDnJhPPEaFR&smid=url-share more ›