 | Consumer Capitalism: Politics, Product Markets, and Firm Strategy in France and Germany Subjects: Consumer protection -- France; Consumer protection -- Germany; Consumption (Economics) -- France; Consumption (Economics) -- Germany; Capitalism -- France; Capitalism -- Germany; Product management -- France; Product management -- Germany.; "The unfettered marketplace, in which uncertainty rules and the admonition caveat emptor ('let the buyer beware') dictates each consumer decision, has today virtually disappeared. Consumers have become the focus of intensive economic policymaking... Gunnar Trumbull is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Business School. |
