KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES I’M ADDRESSING:
Institutions are the 'rules of the game' that influence choices'
OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION:
How has a spike in consumerism in our culture altered the way stores produce, advertise, and sell?
Likewise, how has consumerist culture changed the incentives behind
Likewise, how has consumerist culture changed the incentives behind
buyer's purchases?
SUB QUESTIONS
RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH:
SUB QUESTIONS
- In the past ten years, how have current companies’ ads changed?
- Do companies sell more as consumerism has risen, or do people simply buy more of the same supply?
- What caused this spike in consumerism?
- How has consumerist culture changed people’s thoughts towards companies and products? Do companies anticipatethese thoughts and act in its favor?
RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH:
- DATABASES: proquest, Opposing Viewpoints,
- WEBSITES: Tufts.edu, lifesquared.org, verdant.net

This is really interesting based on the fact that it mentions how companies try to fool consumers into purchasing a lot of different items with consumer related ads.
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