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His 1960 book ''The Waste Makers'' is particularly so. In it, he discusses how products are designed cheaply in order to prompt consumers to buy replacements; how the lifetime of major products such as appliances and electronics was already declining, compared to the early 1950s; how people were going into debt in order to buy; and how excessive [[consumerism]] threatened the American character. He also suggested that we might one day mine [[landfill]]s to recover scare resources; though first implemented even earlier than 1960, landfill mining has only recently actually been attempted and discussed on a large scale.

His 1960 book ''The Waste Makers'' is particularly so. In it, he discusses how products are designed cheaply in order to prompt consumers to buy replacements; how the lifetime of major products such as appliances and electronics was already declining, compared to the early 1950s; how people were going into debt in order to buy; and how excessive [[consumerism]] threatened the American character. He also suggested that we might one day mine [[landfill]]s to recover scare resources; though first implemented even earlier than 1960, landfill mining has only recently actually been attempted and discussed on a large scale.

Some of Packard's other books, such as ''The Sexual Wilderness'' dealing with the upheaval in relationships due to the [[Sexual Revolution]], address issues that are still discussed and debated today.

Some of Packard's other books, such as ''The Sexual Wilderness'' dealing with the upheaval in relationships due to the [[Sexual revolution]], address issues that are still discussed and debated today.

==Politics and Religion==

==Politics and Religion==