Tag Archive: "consumerism"
Posted On: December 1, 2008
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The news has been all over the airwaves and screens for ten days now. Say it ain’t true: Consumer spending in October slipped by 1%.
Yet when I painstakingly avoided Shoporama-Land last weekend, Black Friday…
Posted On: November 29, 2008
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Sorta brings new meaning to the term “Black Friday,” doesn’t it?
From our good friends at Wiki:
“In many cities it is not uncommon to see shoppers lined up hours before stores with big sales…
Posted On: November 23, 2008
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Oh jeez. Looks like Santa’s going to be a bit of a Grinch this X-mas, among other signs of the times…
88% will spend the same or less on gifts
83% will buy more items…
Posted On: November 22, 2008
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Here’s a book recommendation—for anyone who can handle relatively scholarly tomes.
It’s “The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence,” by Robert J. Samuelson. He’s out promoting it now, so…
Posted On: November 10, 2008
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This L. A. Times article is a must-read for anyone who:
Thinks there is no upside to the downturn in shopping;
believes they got it bad though they’ve not yet succumbed to thrift-store shopping;
believes…
Posted On: October 16, 2008
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Survey sez:
84 Percent of college students who say they are educated about money management and understand the consequences of debt.
50 Percentage who say they wish they had a plan to help decrease their…
Posted On: October 15, 2008
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This article, by New York Times reporter Sarah Kershaw, contains much great news.
Finally, the mental health community is embracing the notion of money disorders—beyond the old-school ones like kleptomania and Sex-in-the-Cityism (shopaholism).
There are…
