{"subjects": ["Juvenile literature", "Consumption (Economics)", "Consumption (economics)", "Economics, juvenile literature"], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Until a few hundred years ago, people were embarrassed to buy bread in a store. Families took pride in making almost everything they owned. These days, many people take pride in buying as much as possible! New clothes, a speedier bicycle, the latest phone. If we've got money, someone can sell us a product that will supposedly make our lives better. But each year, humanity uses resources equivalent to nearly one and a half Earths, and we're still not meeting everyone's needs. Around the world, people are questioning consumerism, leaning toward more sustainable lifestyles and creating a whole new concept of wealth."}, "key": "/works/OL20048716W", "title": "Pocket change", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL6952462A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "latest_revision": 2, "revision": 2, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-07-19T20:49:55.042268"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2021-12-27T05:41:21.818076"}}