Stuff You Should Know
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Planned Obsolescence: Engine of the Consumer Economy
56 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2019 at 3:50 pm.
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If you’ve ever heard an old timer gripe that things aren’t built like they used to be, that old timer was right! Learn about the nefarious, possibly mythical, mechanism that’s responsible for the cruddy products and waste our consumer society is based on.

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