![]() ![]() I also understand that most people are hoarders, humans always put sentimental value on worthless items, and we now collect things and fill the space around us faster than at any other time in human history. After reading journalist Adam Minter's Secondhand: Travels In The New Global Garage Sale, I now understand how it works not only in our country but across the world. What I didn't know at the time was that I was participating in the billion-dollar industry of used hard goods. When the carpet in my tiny studio got dirty, I bought an old vacuum cleaner at Goodwill. When I needed my first hoodie, I went to Goodwill. The first thing I learned about shopping after moving to Texas from the Caribbean was this: Go to Goodwill. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Secondhand Subtitle Travels in the New Global Garage Sale Author Adam Minter ![]()
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