Consumerism and its contradictions

CXCL9: evidence and contradictions for its role in tumor progression

Chemokines are a group of low molecular weight peptides. Their major function is the recruitment of leukocytes to inflammation sites, but they also play a key role in tumor growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis. In the last few years, accumulated experimental evidence supports that monokine induced by interferon (IFN)-gamma (CXCL9), a member of CXC chemokine family and known to attract CXCR3- (C...

Mr Kennedy and consumerism.

The issues raised by Ian Kennedy in the course of his 1980 Reith Lectures on medical ethics are also of concern to Great Britain's Patients Association. Ackroyd, as Chairman of the Association, does not however share Kennedy's view that the consumerism model for regulating abuses is appropriate to medical care. She would prefer to have the Health Service Commissioner authorized to investigate...

Croatia and European Consumerism

In its European Agreements with Central and Eastern European countries (Croatia has yet to be included) the EU has spelt-out a commitment towards helping them integrate with the EU. The evolution of these economies from centrally planned to market economies is important to achieving this. A characteristic of the transitional processes of these countries is the emergence of a pan-European consum...

Consumerism and Land Sales

Consumerism and Consumers in Brazil

This text addresses the issue of consumerism and some of its impacts on consumer culture and behavior, the structure of local markets, and the relationship between corporations and customers, in the case of Brazil. It draws on some questions arisen from a comparative study on consumerism in Brazil, the USA and some Western European countries, carried out by the author previously (Taschner, 1995...