What is Limbic Capitalism?
An interview with historian David Courtwright on his new book, The Age of Addiction.
As late as the 80s, the term addict bore such stigma that prosecutors in cigarette-related cases were unable to convince juries that smokers were actually addicted to cigarettes. Today, everyone seems to be an addict: there are still drug addicts, of course, but there are also gambling addicts, sex addicts, internet addicts, food addicts. It seems many …
