HIST 289R Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: World Trade Organization, Gordon Gekko, Whole Earth Catalog
16 Apr 2018
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The me, decade the yuppies, and their critics. Yuppies- alex p. keaton is the yuppie archetype - person who was what everyone was aspiring to be. They are conspicuous consumers, they didn"t save they spent. Even though they were a small portion of the population, advertisers found them desirable because they had high incomes. Inequality gap - peoples income was rising and their average tax rate was decreasing. The lower portion of the population was growing in debt. Battle in seattle- seattle wasn"t the start of the anti globalization movement but wide range of groups brought attention to corporate exploitation of the environment and workers. Was peaceful but ended violently and police were using pepper spray. The whole earth catalog - connected thousands of merchants, artisans, and scientists directly with consumer who wanted to support independent producers. If you wanted to support local merchants than buy from the catalog.
