An expose of "the systematic attempt of business to make us wasteful, debt-ridden, permanently discontented individuals," "The Waste Makers "is Vance Packard's pioneering 1960 work on how the rapid growth of disposable consumer goods was degrading the environmental, financial, and spiritual characte[...]
Originally published in 1964, "The Naked Society" was the first book to discuss how then-new technologies such as hidden microphones, concealed cameras, modern filing systems, and the polygraph lie detector could be used by government, employers, stores, credit bureaus, security personnel, and other[...]