Tag: Consumers
Government restrictions on labeling products as ‘meat’ aren’t likely to help...
Trey Malone, Michigan State University and Brandon McFadden, University of Delaware
Substitutes for traditional meat products have captured the attention of investors, the media and...
It’s high time someone studied marijuana taxes – so we did
Muhammad Salar Khan, George Mason University
Consumers don’t seem to mind paying sales taxes on things like food and clothing. Marijuana may be a different...
‘I’ll have what she’s having’ – how and why we copy...
Kelly L. Haws, Vanderbilt University; Brent McFerran, Simon Fraser University, and Peggy Liu, University of Pittsburgh
Imagine you’re dining out at a casual restaurant with...
Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won’t save the environment
Yossi Sheffi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
InterContinental Hotels Group will replace mini-shampoos and conditioners with possibly more efficient bulk products by the year 2021.
But environmental...
Investors, consumers and workers are changing capitalism for the better by...
Elizabeth Schmidt, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Capitalism’s days may be numbered – at least judging by recent polls.
A majority of millennials reject the economic system,...
Amazon is turning 25 – here’s a look back at how...
Venkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M University
A quarter of a century ago, on July 5, 1994, a company, which shared a name with the world’s...
Driverless cars are going to disrupt the airline industry
Stephen Rice, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Scott Winter, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s travel...
As Airbnb grows, this is exactly how much it’s bringing down...
Tarik Dogru, Florida State University
Airbnb has grown exponentially since its founding in 2008 and is expected to soon go public in an initial public...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
