"We Live in an age of greed. Economic good times and the self-destruction of socialist systems have left capitalism unrivaled in popular minds as a way of life. Yet today's economy is not without its downside or its victims. Basic human services - and even religion - have become commodities. Corporations reorganize for short-term viability. Increasingly, people see themselves not as citizens but as consumers." "In this book, Childs probes this disturbing...