The goal of the symposium is to facilitate discussion of recent research on consumers' capabilities, knowledge, preferences, and experiences in the market for financial products and services, as well as the effects of public policy interventions and new regulations on consumers, households,...

Topics: - Visions of societies where the economy and culture are not principally built on mass consumption - Insights into the obstacles to a transition beyond consumerist societies - Strategies for successful transitions - Theories of social change - Thematic domains of consumption - Pollution...