Retrospectives: Consumer Sovereignty

Does Consumer Irrationality Trump Consumer Sovereignty?

Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Sovereignty

There is a growing consensus in Ecological Economics that consumer preferences are neither fixed nor given, but rather endogenously determined by socio-economic and institutional factors. Hence, policy may promote “green” preferences directly. Yet any intervention in processes of preference formation seems to conflict with widely held liberal intuitions, imperfectly represented by the principle...

Nonparametrics: Retrospectives and Perspectives

Retrospectives on Intern

perspectives on international collaboration in high energy physics: • Gordon Fraser highlights the origins of panEuropean cooperation at CERN and DESY. • Hirotaka Sugawara frankly appraises the Japanese experience and plans for future colliders. • Alexander Skrinsky reviews the increasing reliance on international exchanges in the Russian program. • Zhou Guangzhao explains how international col...

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