Childhood Under Siege
Author: Bakan, Joel
ISBN: 9780099527053
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Aug 2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
The author of the international bestseller The Corporation investigates the shocking exploitation of children by big business
There is now an estimated 1 trillion dollars of buying power in the hands of children.
Tens of millions of children world-wide are prescribed psychotropic drugs today, compared to close to none in 1980.
Food and drink industries spend billions each year marketing junk food to children.
This is the story of how big businesses are transforming our children into obsessive and narcissistic mini-consumers, media addicts and pharmaceutical industry guinea pigs. In this insightful and chilling exploration, Joel Bakan throws a brilliant light on the ruthless manipulation of children and on our failure to protect them.
ISBN: 9780099527053
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Aug 2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
The author of the international bestseller The Corporation investigates the shocking exploitation of children by big business
There is now an estimated 1 trillion dollars of buying power in the hands of children.
Tens of millions of children world-wide are prescribed psychotropic drugs today, compared to close to none in 1980.
Food and drink industries spend billions each year marketing junk food to children.
This is the story of how big businesses are transforming our children into obsessive and narcissistic mini-consumers, media addicts and pharmaceutical industry guinea pigs. In this insightful and chilling exploration, Joel Bakan throws a brilliant light on the ruthless manipulation of children and on our failure to protect them.
