Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected sentiment to improve after dropping in January. But it instead ...

Consumerism in America had its beginnings as early as the mid-eighteenth century if not earlier. “From the 1750s Chesapeake colonists were inundated with an unprecedented flow of nonessential consumer ...

More, Newer, Better After World War II, consumer spending no longer meant just satisfying an indulgent material desire. In fact, the American consumer was praised as a patriotic citizen in the ...

Koehn, N. F. "Consumerism and Consumption." In The Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Morton Keller. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2000.

One Man and His Shoes tells the story of America’s fascination with fame, consumerism, and of course, Air Jordans. It brings to light the ultimate cost of consumerism versus supply and demand.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has begun freezing work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after its director was ...

Freedom Fries And Other Stupidity Well Have to Explain to Our Grandchildren is a whimsical look at patriotism and consumerism in America It explores the absurdity of many of the symbolic gestures ...