{"id":5775,"date":"2023-04-24T13:46:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2024-08-23T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:14:25","slug":"consumption-and-the-consumer-society-updated-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/2023\/04\/24\/consumption-and-the-consumer-society-updated-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumption and the Consumer Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment5776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment5776\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/FI_t4MGXMAIglYt-636x412.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"412\" class=\"wp-image-5776 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/FI_t4MGXMAIglYt-636x412.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/FI_t4MGXMAIglYt-1024x664.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/FI_t4MGXMAIglYt-768x498.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/04\/FI_t4MGXMAIglYt.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment5776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Heidi Fin via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Brian Roach, Neva Goodwin and Julie A. Nelson<\/p>\n<p><span>This module presents material drawn from Chapter 8 of<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/education-materials\/textbooks\/microeconomics-in-context\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/education-materials\/textbooks\/microeconomics-in-context\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1677608307425000&amp;usg=AOvVaw37xYD1ZGrxGMvXNA0Cyvbs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Microeconomics in Context, 5<sup>th<\/sup> edition<\/em><\/a><span>,<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>to explore the various motivations behind consumer behavior. The historical development of the \u201cconsumer society\u201d is summarized, including a discussion of the institutions underlying mass consumerism. The relationship between consumption and well-being is surveyed, along with the social influences and the ecological impacts of consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/02\/Consumption-Module.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Teaching Module<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Instructor Resource Manual with review questions and notes on discussion questions is available for this module.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:eci@bu.edu\">Contact us<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>with proof of instructor status to receive access to these materials.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brian Roach, Neva Goodwin and Julie A. Nelson This module presents material drawn from Chapter 8 of\u00a0Microeconomics in Context, 5th edition,\u00a0to explore the various motivations behind consumer behavior. The historical development of the \u201cconsumer society\u201d is summarized, including a discussion of the institutions underlying mass consumerism. The relationship between consumption and well-being is surveyed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20356,"featured_media":5776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[168,107,158,162,170,167,329,171],"tags":[330,239,353,237,236,187,338,447,337,309],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5775"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6238,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5775\/revisions\/6238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}