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A Theory of Exploitation for Consumer Law: Online Choice Architectures, Dark Patterns, and Autonomy Violations

conditions for an exploitation claim in consumer law by drawing upon the discourse on exploitation theory in philosophy. The third part maps and explicates the provisions in EU consumer law that expressly ... structural exploitation is also unable to save the economic theory of exploitation. Exploitation theory in moral philosophy distinguishes between transactional exploitation and structural exploitation

Real Property Transactions in the Network Society: Platform Real Estate, Housing Hactivism, and the Re-scaling of Public and Private Power

in land data, for housing consumers promoted new collaborations between political “autonomous” squatters and digital “hacktivists,” who combined forces to resist these transformations through activism ... concerning the position and protection of housing consumers. The techniques of “political squatting” have traditionally been deployed by social movements to protest against, and resist, the hegemony of the

Detecting Greenwashing! The Influence of Product Colour and Product Price on Consumers’ Detection Accuracy of Faked Bio-fashion

, consumers got “successfully” greenwashed by just a bio-typical product colour and a high price what highlights the importance of stronger political regulations in the B2C sales market. ... strategies exist in declaring products as bio, also on some female long sleeves 1 Results of the control variables (socio-demographics, political orientation, attention-check, and NFC) can be found for Study 1

Vulnerability and Essential Services

only developed over roughly the last decade. There has also been significant academic interest in vulnerability at a conceptual level ranging from philosophy to sociology to marketing as well as other ... competition between the networks. The UK therefore has a private sector model for the delivery of essential services in the context of weak market competition. The political bargain for moving away from

Is There Room for Ethical Consumers on the Finnish Political Spectrum?

This paper examines ethical consumption by comparing attitudes between different political party supporters. In recent consumer theories, it is argued that individualistic choices are more important ... consumer attitudes. This is particularly true when analysing attitudes concerning the use of consumer markets for ethical purposes. Accordingly, we argue that personal political preference is a highly

This Isn’t Your Father’s Anti-War Movement: Comparing the Political Mobilization of Vietnam and Iraq Veterans

The mobilization of veterans can be a powerful force for any political cause, especially when that cause is concerned with ending a war. Vietnam veterans’ voices were a prominent feature of the ... political environment held important implications for the efficacy of veteran political mobilization. This paper examines those changes and the way in which select veterans organizations adapted to them

This Isn’t Your Father’s Anti-War Movement: Comparing the Political Mobilization of Vietnam and Iraq Veterans

The mobilization of veterans can be a powerful force for any political cause, especially when that cause is concerned with ending a war. Vietnam veterans’ voices were a prominent feature of the ... political environment held important implications for the efficacy of veteran political mobilization. This paper examines those changes and the way in which select veterans organizations adapted to them

Book Notes “Economics and Social Sciences” 4/2021

fundamental problems for democracy and society, particularly from the perspective of political philosophy. Today, many governmental functions in the USA (the focus of this book)—from the management of prisons ... governance and regulation literature, in international political economy scholarship, and in strands of policy analysis such as environmental and consumer policy. Dennis Evans, Des Evans and Alistair

AI, Behavioural Science, and Consumer Welfare

one, many: Using language models to simulate human samples . Political Analysis , 31 ( 3 ), 337 - 351 . https://doi. org/10.1017/pan. 2023 .2 Arthur , W. B. ( 2021 ). Foundations of complexity economics ... supposed evidence for libertarian paternalism . Review of Philosophy and Psychology , 6 , 361 - 383 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-015-0248-1 Hacker , P. ( 2021 ). Manipulation by algorithmics: Exploring

No Consumer Is an Island—Relational Disclosure as a Regulatory Strategy to Advance Consumer Protection Against Microtargeting

areas related to the preservation of the democratic process and fundamental rights—as in the case of political microtargeting (Eskens et al., 2017) . Yet, given the currently intense use of profiling ... , such as command-and-control policies; therefore, they only occasionally face strong opposition by the industries and usually enjoy bipartisan political support. Furthermore, and in accordance with the

Book Review of Performing Remembering: Women’s Memories of War in Vietnam, by Rivka Syd Eisner

experiences of the Former Women Political Prisoner Performance Group, a volunteer musical theatre troupe comprised of Vietnamese veterans from Vietnam’s Anti-French War and American War. ... ethnographic study centered on the members of the Former Women Political Prisoner Performance Group, a volunteer musical theatre troupe comprised of female veterans from Vietnam’s Anti-French War and American

Book Review of Performing Remembering: Women’s Memories of War in Vietnam, by Rivka Syd Eisner

experiences of the Former Women Political Prisoner Performance Group, a volunteer musical theatre troupe comprised of Vietnamese veterans from Vietnam’s Anti-French War and American War. ... ethnographic study centered on the members of the Former Women Political Prisoner Performance Group, a volunteer musical theatre troupe comprised of female veterans from Vietnam’s Anti-French War and American

Consumption Corridors and the Case of Meat

back to ancient Greek philosophy.12 These theories generally aspire to universality. Using expert consultations, Di Giulio and Defila (2020) define nine universal protected needs which operationalize ... do have some agency regarding their food choices (as political agency, see Halkier & Holm, 2008) . Thus, the meat consumption corridor approach could enable governments and individual consumers to

Veteran Homelessness: Examining the Values of Social Justice Guiding Policy

are provided as a result of the veteran expressing his/her Pg. 22 need for them. Lastly, the political philosophy guiding policy remains that of liberalism; however, the standard determining the social ... , veterans shoulder 100% of the responsibility to secure housing through the wise management of these resources. Consequently, libertarianism is the political philosophy guiding Australia’s approach to

Veteran Homelessness: Examining the Values of Social Justice Guiding Policy

are provided as a result of the veteran expressing his/her Pg. 22 need for them. Lastly, the political philosophy guiding policy remains that of liberalism; however, the standard determining the social ... , veterans shoulder 100% of the responsibility to secure housing through the wise management of these resources. Consequently, libertarianism is the political philosophy guiding Australia’s approach to

Financialization and Sustainable Credit: Lessons from Non-Intermediated Transactions?

in the “financialisation of the citizen,” whereby access to the financial sector becomes essential to participation in economic and social life, and consequently to the full enjoyment of political ... racial segregation in political and economic life. Many respondents indicated defiance at the banking system, highlighting its lack of flexibility, its race bias, the requirement to have a good credit

Acceptance of Low-Carbon School Meals with and without Information—A Controlled Intervention Study

instances. Critics, including parents, pupils, teachers, and political parties, have voiced a range of concerns. Among these are arguments that pupils remain hungry with only vegetarian food, struggle to

The Importance of Consumer Authorities for the Production and Maintenance of Trust and Social Capital in Consumer Markets

, 1979) . According to Rothstein (1998) , political institutions structure decision-making situations and influence trust by implementing norms and regulations. Referring to North (1990) , Rothstein ... stresses that, because we can choose how to design our political institutions, we can to some extent decide which norms will prevail in the society we live in. Institutions can change not only what actors

Book Notes “Law” 1/2021

, the book presents a fascinating story of decay and resistance, a story that is unfolding at present, and whose fate is closely linked to the future political shape of Europe. Anthi Beka: The active ... practices may not survive these transformations. Radical democratic dreams may not either. In an original and compelling argument, Brown explains how and why neoliberal reason undoes the political form and

Choice Architectures in the Digital Economy: Towards a New Understanding of Digital Vulnerability

vulnerability which were discussed in the previous section. A variety of influences of a different nature—“personal, social, political, or environmental”—can cause or exacerbate inherent and situational ... processing of data that are considered to be especially sensitive (for instance, data encoding racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic