Irrational Thinking: The Word 'Natural' Sells
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely has been looking into how the word "natural" affects how people buy things like medicine. In short, he tells host Robert Siegel, natural sells.
NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to <EM>Marketplace</EM> correspondent Bob Moon about a new study by Oxfam, the global relief and development agency, that concludes consumer demand for cheaper goods is increasingly compromising labor standards for workers around the world -- particularly women.