Spending Bands for Likes and Fans: Consumerism & Materialism- Episode 29

Money talks but sometimes it talks its way right out of our hands. Listen in as the ladies discuss two terms that seem to go hand in hand, consumerism & materialism.
(4:30) What makes a person materialistic?
(18:09) Fake it til you make it
(23:35) Black buying power/support minority businesses
(29:09) Haves & the have nots
(32:01) Prioritize your needs & your wants
(35:46) The power of marketing
(45:34) Are women the cause of men’s frivolous purchases?
(47:16) Let me upgrade you
(50:38) Looking good on a budget
(54:09) Designer talk

In this week’s Food for Thought, Kay discusses why knowing history matters and uses the American occupation of Afghanistan as a prime example giving a historical account of the Soviet invasion, the emergence of the Taliban,  and America’s foreign policy in Afghanistan. (59:27)

“Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it” – George Santayana

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/19/1028472005/afghanistan-conflict-timeline

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/20/afghanistan-war-key-numbers/

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