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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of my favorite books is produced by Fendi. The Whispered is subtitled “a contemporary guide to the Italian handmaking ability” and includes the names and locations of some of Fendi’s favorite ...

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 ...

As healthcare continues to be swept up in a wave of consumerism, practices are looking to dip their toes in the waters of retail, mimicking business models that have long been consumer-oriented.

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 ...