This is definitely the more interesting article referred to in terms of social consequences: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html ht

This is definitely the more interesting article referred to in terms of social consequences: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.... Edit: Had a bit of whiplash when I realised that this article was from seven years ago. How far we've come.