The Promise of Ethical Consumption

November 3, 2011 - Cambridge, MA
"Buy local," "buy green," "buy organic" . . . we cannot buy anything without considering its moral implications. How has consumption become suffused with right and wrong? How effective has the ethical-consumption movement been in changing market behavior?
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[@penutz0529]

Thank you

[@figueroa661]

Excellent discussion, but the poor audio is quite annoying.

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