Consumerism is a perennial buzzword in healthcare. But it's a tricky and somewhat controversial trend to define, as some argue recasting patients as mere consumers of healthcare extracts some humanity ...

Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services in ever-greater amounts. Criticisms of consumption are already present in the works of Thorstein Veblen ...

In Chapter 3 of What Is College For? Elaine Tuttle Hansen proposes that the public purpose of higher education is to “emancipate students from the shackles of consumerist society,” to produce ...

It's become a cliché to note that we in the modern world have gorged on an unprecedented abundance of stuff. Still, Frank Trentmann's new book on consumerism, The Empire of Things, begins with an ...

I finally caught on. I don't take part in Christmas. That's no gifts, no donations, no church, no decorations, no guilt, no worry. What a relief. Is consumerism creepy or creeping? The latter, I ...

Look around any supermarket aisle or shopping street and you see that social responsibility sells. From laundry detergent from Seventh Generation to durable jackets from Patagonia, companies that do ...

Let me be the first to say I have never had a pair of shoes repaired. Though I do typically wear them until they nearly have holes in the bottom, I can’t say that I have ever gone the cheaper route.