On my way home from Dubai, I was presented with a “problem” that I usually don’t encounter when I’m at home: I had too much local currency!
Entries Tagged as 'Book Review'
Review: The Logic of Life, part 1
January 12th, 2010by Randy Zwitch · 4 Comments · Book Review
Tags: Behaviorial Economics·Decision Models·Future Orientation·Strategy
U.S. consumerism and the concept of ‘mitumba’
October 1st, 2009by Randy Zwitch · 5 Comments · Book Review
As I wrote in the first part of my review of “The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy”, one thing that never occurred to me was what happens to clothes after I donate them to charity.
Chapter 13 starts with an anecdote about the women of Bethesda, MD, who line up bright and early each Saturday [...]
Tags: Consumerism·Culture·Developing countries·Enoughism·Free market
Review: The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy (Part 1)
September 27th, 2009by Randy Zwitch · 2 Comments · Book Review
In addition to “A History of the World in Six Glasses”, “The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy” by Pietra Rivoli was included in the Semester 1 reading materials that the class received in late July. Interestingly enough, the inclusion of the book was a “mistake” in that the material isn’t going to [...]