Tuesday, June 19, 2007 AD Diamonds in the Buff This old (1982) but interesting article exposes (Get it...exposes...in the buff? I kill me!) the megamonopoly behind the global diamond market and (more interestingly) the successful manipulation of entire cultures to think about diamonds in a manner quite profitable to the diamond industry. DeBeers' marketing gurus created the diamond engagement ring tradition pretty much from scratch in the last century. Well, I don't care to be manipulated, myself, so a nice modest ruby ring would do me just fine. ;-) Posted by Valerie (Kyriosity) at 6/19/2007 11:58:00 PM
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