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From WILL - Afternoon Magazine - July 22, 2008

Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy And Who We Are

With Rob Walker (Journalist and The New York Times Magazine 's "Consumed" Columnist)

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Categories: Business, Consumer issues, Cultural Studies, Education
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