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We think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the latest "must-haves", whether that's shoes, videogames or patio heaters. As a result, mums think they "have" to work at Tesco in order to buy expensive trainers.

"Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.
We think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the latest must-haves, whether that's shoes, videogames or patio