I give talks and interviews fairly regularly on a number of topics—from science and the
media to the politics of obesity. Recently I’ve spoken most prominently on the themes of my book, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.
What follows are a heads up for some upcoming talks, as well as a few from the past 12 months or so.
October 21, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden
Keynote, Scandinavian Retail Forum
October 15, 2010, 8am, Boston Seaport Hotel, 200 Seaport Blvd., Boston, MA
Organic Summit, Keynote Presentation:
Growing Organic in a Discount Culture
June 27, 2010, Unitarian Universalist Church, Peterbourough, New Hampshire
Monadnock Summer Lyceum
Finding Value in an Age of Cheap
February 25, 2010, 4:30 pm, Holy Cross Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA
Lecture: After the Fall: Capitalism and a just way forward
February 7, 2010, 10:30 am, Boston Ethical Society, Spiegel Auditorium
Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
Lecture: Searching for True Value in Consumer America
November 29th, 2009, 4pm, Book TV on C-Span
taped at the Newton Public Library, Newton, MA
Lecture: Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
August 13th, 2009, The PBS News Hour with Economics Correspondent
Paul Solman
The Hidden Cost of Discount Culture
July 23, 2009, The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC Radio, New York
The High Price of Cheap Goods
July 9, 20009, Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio
The High Cost of Buying Cheap
I have been interviewed by media outlets around the globe, among them:
ABC News, MSNBC, The Early Show, Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, Marketplace, On Point, Fox News, various shows on the BBC, various shows on Canadian Broadcasting, Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times, The Times of London, The Guardian, The News Hour.
Many of these interviews (audio, video and text) are available on line.
For a sample of my speaking style, please check out this talk filmed for C-Span’s Book TV channel.
