Consumption piece worth a look

2009-03-27 Thread Michael Maniates
Dear Colleagues, Definitely worth a look: A nice integration of the economics and politics U.S. consumption re: our current economic woes: Post-Consumer Prosperity Finding new opportunities amid the economic wreckage. Robert H. Frank | March 24, 2009 The American Prospect

Hysterical Housewives?

2009-03-27 Thread Michael Maniates
Colleagues, I recall showing a few years back a video or video clip on the history of Montreal Protocol that featured a spokesperson from industry referring to aerosol-can activists of the 1970s as hysterical housewives. I'm trying to (re)locate that video/clip. Does this ring a bell for