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World Service,16 Jan 2016,40 mins

Consumption and Our Identity

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What has been driving up the global levels of consumption – need? Government policies? Or, a hunger for social status? Bridget Kendall asks the historian of consumerism Frank Trentmann, the sociologist Lyla Mehta and the political scientist Eduardo Gómez to share their thoughts. (Photo: People consuming tapas)

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