Consumerism

We live in an extremely controlling society in which authority has disappeared traditional authority is lapsing into brute force and we ourselves...

People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, ...

Seeing the How invites you to reimagine your brand, company, or idea through the lens of consumer experience. It gives todays disruptors a path to ...

The third book in the critically acclaimed Wicked & Wise series offers a compelling analysis of the issue of food on an international scale. Fr...

In this highly informative and entertaining book, the founder of the vibrant new field of evolutionary consumption illuminates the relevance of our...

Holidays with Hitler tells the story of German leisure time and state-sponsored fun under the Nazi regime. Nathan Morley looks at consumerism, ente...

Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation genius, and according to the BBC, an environmental v...

Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote the central text of critical theory, Dialectic of Enlightenment, a measured critique of the Enlightenment r...

In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming ...

America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about markets.The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in h...

'Lots of ideas for making gifts and decorations but not spending tons of money buying them' Jenni MurrayCelebrating midwinter is not about what you...

*Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List* Fashion is political. From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes te...

Does capturing customer feedback feel like a pointless exercise? No matter the number of surveys, interviews, or studies conducted, we regularly fa...

Longtime leader in the luxury goods sector and former Chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton North America reinvents the art and science of b...

The UK has set a legal target of net-zero global warming emissions for 2050. The evidence concerning the devastating effects of climate change is w...

Consuming with a conscience is one of the fastest growing forms of political participation worldwide. Every day we make decisions about how to spen...

24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century c...

The $22 trillion opportunity that can be unlocked only if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.In the time it takes yo...

The production, acquisition, and use of consumer goods defines our daily lives, and yet consumerism is seen as increasingly controversial. Movement...

In todays world of fast fashion, is there a place for a handcrafted $50,000 coat? To answer that question, Meg Noonan takes readers to the Sydney s...