Buying In

Rob Walker writes the weekly column "Consumed," a blend of business journalism and cultural anthropology, forThe New York TimesMagazine. Previously, he created and wrote the popular "Ad Report Card" column forSlate, and he has contributed to a wide range of publications, fromFast CompanyandFortunetoThe New RepublicandAdBusters. Walker continues to write about the secret dialogue between what we buy and who we are at his own website, Murketing.com. He lives in Savannah, Georgia, with his wife, photographer Ellen Susan.Walker, Rob is the author of 'Buying In', published 2008 under ISBN 9781400063918 and ISBN 1400063914.