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 ...

There was a popular, if cynical, phrase that seemed to be everywhere in the 1980s: "Whoever dies with the most toys wins." But after decades of go-go consumerism, many people around the world seem to ...

People who support capitalism as a social system usually mean markets, economic freedom, and property rights. Those who oppose it think of “unbridled Laissez Faire,” meaning people hurting others ...

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 ...

It’s easy to want too many things. Consumerism, right in line with capitalism, is simply what the American economy thrives on. Although material fulfillment is often an American characteristic heavily ...

For years, consumer demands have played a large role in the airlines, hotel and restaurant industries. Now, as patients begin to shoulder a greater portion of their healthcare costs, they are putting ...

Hospitals and health systems are increasingly viewing patients as consumers, and it's easy to understand why: The industry itself it starting to become more consumer-centric, with providers beginning ...

Modern post-emancipatory Jews have long been associated with cosmopolitanism, mostly as a bad thing. They've been anathematized as "rootless cosmopolitans" so often that "cosmopolitan," used as a noun ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Quote card by Opinion. Another solution is second-hand or thrift shopping, where people buy ...

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 ...