CONTEXT-SETTING

Academic research in the consumer interest

Bob KertonUniversity of Waterloo

1. THE PRODUCER IS THE CONSUMER 2. THE DARK SIDE OF SPECIALISATION

SHARP WHITES CIR 3. 1912 AER: “THE BACKWARD ART OF SPENDING MONEY” OR THE URGENT NEED FOR CIR 4. 1936 COLSTON WARNE & CONSUMER REPORTS

1954 COLSTON WARNE FOUNDED the AMERICAN COUNCIL ON CONSUMER INTERESTS CIR

5. . THE MOST CITED RESEARCH ARTICLE IN ECONOMICSGEORGE AKERLOF ON UNBALANCED INFORMATION

… A NEED FOR CIR6. CIR & the CONSUMER SPRING IN CANADA 7. WHAT DOES ‘TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE’ CHANGE? 8. ACADEMIC CIR IN CANADA: DIMENSIONS, DEFINITION, FUTURE

THE PRODUCER IS THE CONSUMER

THE DARK SIDE OF SPECIALISATIONSHARP WHITES CIR

1912 AER: “THE BACKWARD ART OF SPENDING MONEY” Wesley Clair Mitchell OR, THE URGENT NEED FOR CIR

Frances Oldham Kelsey

1936 Consumer Reports1936 COLSTON WARNE & CONSUMER REPORTS

1954 COLSTON WARNE FOUNDED AMERICAN COUNCIL ON CONSUMER INTERESTS CIR

THE MOST CITED RESEARCH ARTICLE IN ECONOMICS: GEORGE AKERLOF ON UNBALANCED INFORMATION

… A NEED FOR CIR

CONSUMER RESEARCH COUNCIL 1970s

CIR & the CONSUMER SPRING IN CANADA

WHAT DOES ‘TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE’ CHANGE?

ACADEMIC CIR IN CANADA:

DIMENSIONS, DEFINITION FUTURE