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The Dangerous Kardashian Effect and the Profound Impact of the Superficial

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Lauren Greenfield’s new documentary ‘Generation Wealth’—in theaters now—documents our cultural obsession with wealth. Here, she writes about the death of the American Dream.

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“Money ruins kids,” said Adam, a 13-year-old I photographed at a Bar Mitzvah party held at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub with his face inches from a hired go-go dancer’s breasts.

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