Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global...

This paper focuses on how consumer motivation can be tapped in order to encourage the adoption of cleaner technologies. Consumers are heterogeneous they may be guided by intrinsic motivation or extrinsic motivation. While information provision policies (such as the energy label for cars) may be...

The objective of this note is to revisit the meaningfulness of the Condorcet Jury Theorem (CJT) and apply it to the recent debate on liberal paternalism and consumer protection. The CJT con-sists of two parts, (a) stating that a jury of experts is always more competent than a single expert given...

The rise of consumer capitalism -- Consumption contested -- The organized consumer -- Consumer risk -- Consumer information -- Standards versus contracts -- Price and quality -- The consumer as citizen.