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The marketing of experience and the consumerism of culture
Why we are allowing ourselves to be transformed into guinea pigs of capitalism, asks JULIAN VIGO
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Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
AIRBNB sent me an email the other week with the subject line: “Experiences you don’t want to miss this week in London.”
It is one of many such emails from Airbnb which has expanded over the past year from the business of people renting out their homes as holiday spaces to the wholesale marketing and selling of experience. Yes, you read correctly, now you can pay Airbnb to live life. How novel!
The old expression,“I have a bridge to sell you” is actually a reference to George C Parker in addition to many other conmen from the bridge’s completion in 1883, such as Reed C Waddell, William McCloundy and the Gondorf brothers, Charles and Fred.
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