Do consumers really care where products come from and how they are made? Is there such a thing as an ethical consumer'? Corporations and policy makers are bombarded with international surveys purporting to show that most consumers want ethical products. Yet when companies offer such products they are often met with indifference and limited uptake. It seems that survey radicals turn into economic conservatives at the checkout. This book reveals not only why the search for the ethical consumer' is futile but also why the social aspects of consumption cannot be ignored. Consumers are revealed to...
Do consumers really care where products come from and how they are made? Is there such a thing as an ethical consumer'? Corporations and policy makers...
The existence of non-price rationing in credit markets is a subj ect, not only of paramount importance, but of considerable controversy, which is ultimately linked with our understanding, or lack thereof, of the basic nature of the banking firm. A recognition of this phenomenon is critical to the understanding of the banking firm in its major role as a financial intermediary. The banking firm serves as an intermediary in two important spheres, between borrower and lender, and between spenders and the monetary authorities. The basic economic formulation of borrower-lender behavior, the simple...
The existence of non-price rationing in credit markets is a subj ect, not only of paramount importance, but of considerable controversy, which is ulti...
