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THE SKY IS THE LIMIT

  =THE AMERICAN CONSUMER    = =The Triumph of Capitalism:=

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THE GREAT GATSBY
"They were careless people....they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald, 179).

=American Wastefulness.= September 26, 1867, Wednesday http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9904E4D8103AEF34BC4E51DFBF66838C679FDE&oref=slogin

FOOD FOR ONE WEEK

 * United States**: The Revis family of North Carolina Food expenditure for one week $341.98

Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 == Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03



Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23 http://homelessnation.org/en/node/7412

Reflection The American Consumer

=THE AMERICAN EXPANSIONIST AND IMPERIALIST=