Consumer power won't save the world
It's time we stop pretending that conscious consumerism can save the world. Instead it distracts us from the democratic power we have to effect real change
Caitlin Fitzsimmons is the editor of Money and a regular columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in our Sydney newsroom.
It's time we stop pretending that conscious consumerism can save the world. Instead it distracts us from the democratic power we have to effect real change
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