http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/consumption Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:13:35 -0400 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:13:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1497/consumption-as-postmodern-ideology-in-china By Christopher E. Barnett - Jean Baudrillard makes the argument that in a postmodern globalized world, in which competing utopian metanarratives from both sides of the political spectrum have been exposed as failures, society is no longer constructed or ordered through common political ideology. The phenomenon has spread globally to nearly every modern city. Individuals no longer subscribe to the exposed metanarratives like liberalism or communism, and are instead consumed by consumerism. Hypersaturated by media that promotes consumerism, individuals are also incessantly distracted, tempted by advertisements, “news... Thu, 17 Nov 2016 03:43 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1497/consumption-as-postmodern-ideology-in-china http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1400/multiproduct-pricing-and-product-line-decisions-with-status-externalities By Frederick B. Zupanc - In the present paper, reputation is approached as an idea involving status. We consider a multiproduct monopolist's product line and pricing decisions under the explicit assumption of two status externalities. The firm sells a low-end product and a high-end product to two segmented consumer groups. Whilst the sales of the high-end product increase the demand for the low-end product, the sales of the low-end product decrease the demand for the high-end product. If the products are not jointly branded, the status externalities do not exist. By performing comparative statics using the implicit function... Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1400/multiproduct-pricing-and-product-line-decisions-with-status-externalities