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The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer.

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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
Journalist
Social Critic
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Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Christopher Lasch
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