In this series of posts, we’ve been exploring ways to seize the opportunity that the economic crisis emotions and intellect […]
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (Viking, 2009) . An old philosopher’s question asks: “If a tree falls in the forest
In a study that applies to some 40% of all overshoppers, spending behavior has been demonstrably linked to menstrual cycles.
In a Washington Post article earlier this year, Michael Fletcher pointed to some disturbing facts about the direction of the
Consumed offers a disturbing and thought-provoking look into the consumer capitalist system that dominates American society. In bold brush strokes,
A recently published behavioral study ties together nine experiments, each one designed to test the effect of money consciousness on
Shame and denial about their behavior propels many overshoppers to hide this addiction—from other people and from themselves. While Secret
Three recent articles in the New York Times attracted our attention. “Money Doesn’t Talk,” by Shivani Vora, looks at the
Haven’t we been taught to believe that envy, the only vice warned against in both the Ten Commandments and the
Scheduled for publication in January (Palgrave Macmillan), Donna Bee-Gates’ I Want It Now: Navigating Childhood in a Materialistic World is