The Waste Makers

This groundbreaking book exposes the ways in which businesses manipulate consumers into wasteful consumerism. Vance Packard's 1960 work, The Waste Makers, explores the harmful effects of disposable consumer goods on American society's financial, environmental, and spiritual health. From the development of consumption for consumption's sake to the planned obsolescence of products, Packard reveals the tactics advertisers and manufacturers use to persuade consumers to buy unnecessary items. This new edition includes an introduction by bestselling author Bill McKibben, making this prescient book more relevant than ever.