Consumerism

...week saw what happens when an ugly little thing like empirical evidence collides with what might best be called faith-based health consumerism, which dictates that more is always better. The Federal Preventative Service Task Force, a...

In this article: US Census Bureau, Texas, Revenue, Iraq War, American College, and American College of Radiology

...if we don't buy anything, they say, Alice is being osmotically indoctrinated into the cult of mindless consumerism. I, however, suspect mindless consumerism is under more threat from us. Alice is old enough to know that the sparkly...

In this article: DVD and True Blood

...for cervical cancer. The New York Times says this week "the science of medicine bumped up against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice, that health care is a...

In this article: Rudy Giuliani, Tim Geithner, Harry Reid, Tax, Medicare, The Hill, Roll Call, New York Post, and Tom Coburn

Posted: 11/19/2009 09:02:00 PM PST This week, the science of medicine bumped up against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice, that health care is a birthright.

In this article: Cancer, Breast cancer, Cervical cancer, Columbia University, and American Cancer Society

...Zizek, in a bright orange tabard, debates ecology at a rubbish dump; controversial guru of utilitarianism Peter Singer queries the ethics of consumerism on Fifth Avenue. Self-described "bluesman" of ideas Cornel West has some astonishing riffs...

In this article: Slavoj Zizek and Manhattan

...come from a local forest management program. This is a not a bad thing--SFO's kiosk gets its offsets from a reliable firm--but the industry will have to start teaching consumers that a carbon offset isn't a license to expend more CO2.

In this article: Carbon and Customer

...with consumer decisions. In You Are What You Choose, de Marchi and Hamilton make the case that green consumerism-along with many other consumer habits-is largely determined by basic personality traits, not political beliefs. Economists have...

In this article: Toyota Prius, Ideology, Carbon footprint, Duke University, and Amazon rain forest

...carnival rides whir and screech and kick up dust, while a few yards away, spectators cheer and clap over a debate about capitalist consumerism. Thrown by a well-known French Communist newspaper, "Fete de l'Humanite" is an annual three-day...

In this article: French Communist Party, Ideology, Paris, France, Communism, Capitalism, L'Humanite, Duke University, and Marie-George Buffet

...bear the brunt of stoking world demand, and that Asians must start to spend and not hoard their export earnings. Obama said voracious US consumerism had long fuelled the growth of regional economies. But when crisis struck last year, Asian...

In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Barack Obama, United States, Singapore, Hu Jintao, Lee Hsien Loong, China, and Goods and services

* Hugh Hefner changed views of sex, consumerism * Playboy helped shape culture for half a century * Magazine saw declines in readers in recent years By Alex Dobuzinskis Playboy founder Hugh Hefner changed American pop culture, one...

In this article: Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Robert Thompson, Penthouse, Hustler, Syracuse University, and Playboy Enterprises Inc