http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-us911/article_132.jsp Comments for "The addiction of optimism, Rana Sarkar " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-us911/article_132.jsp Even in New York, even after 9/11 and corporate scandal, an atmosphere of frenetic consumerism and hype grips the social elite. Is the cult of the happy ending just too endemic to let go?&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-us911/article_132.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-us911/article_132.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-us911/article_132.jsp#comment conflicts 9/11: us upside down Original Copyright Rana Sarkar the americas Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100 132 at http://www.opendemocracy.net