There was a popular, if cynical, phrase that seemed to be everywhere in the 1980s: "Whoever dies with the most toys wins." But after decades of go-go consumerism, many people around the world seem to ...

Sunday, July 31, is the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Psalm 90: 3-6, 12-14, 17; Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21 We live in a world that is ...

Healthcare organizations aren't making significant strides in adapting to consumerism, even despite increasing demand, competition for patient loyalty and plenty of lip service to the idea. That's ...

Creating a healthcare consumer is more likely than ever before thanks to innovations in information technology, but the benefits are not yet fully realized. In healthcare, consumerism is not a product ...

Healthcare consumerism empowers patients, leading to a major healthcare system overhaul. This new reality empowers patients to become informed decision-makers, actively shaping their healthcare ...

Michael Thompson: Hello, and thank you for joining this The American Journal of Managed Care ® program titled, “An Overview of the Value-Based Marketplace.” Organizations have often failed faced a ...

It’s easy to want too many things. Consumerism, right in line with capitalism, is simply what the American economy thrives on. Although material fulfillment is often an American characteristic heavily ...

One of my favorite books is produced by Fendi. The Whispered is subtitled “a contemporary guide to the Italian handmaking ability” and includes the names and locations of some of Fendi’s favorite ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how healthcare business and policy impact consumers. The long-predicted promise of consumer power in healthcare has ...

Why church shopping may not be all bad. Recently I read yet another lament of evangelicalism’s “consumerist” approach to spiritual matters. Such critiques usually say that evangelicals encourage ...