The Space Merchants is a 1952 science fiction novel by American writers Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth... It deals satirically with a hyper-developed consumerism, seen through the eyes of an advertising executive...In ...overpopulated world, businesses have taken the place of governments..

The Space Merchants is a 1952 science fiction novel by American writers Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth... It deals satirically with a hyper-developed consumerism, seen through the eyes of an advertising executive...In ...overpopulated world, businesses have taken the place of governments..