Consumer expert and President of Unity Marketing Pam Danziger, who has been a speaker at CBA's Industry Conference, talked with Robert Siegel of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" recently about the economics of the "new normal"--how the country's economic situation is affecting the way Americans live and what lifestyles will be like after the recession.

Regarding the origins of the luxury boom, she said: "We have been spending our perceived wealth, rather than our real income. But now that the wealth is gone, it is back to reality. The party is over."

To learn more about the "new normal," listen to the interview here.

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