Could you give up shopping for a year? Try the 'no-buy challenge'

Need Earth Day optimism? Here are some environmental do-gooders in your backyard

I ditched plastic for a week. Here's what I learned
I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life
Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

Can Congress break our addiction to fast fashion?

The birth of the modern consumer movement

ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action
Want to make your wardrobe more sustainable? Cut your new clothing purchases by 75%

A federal agency wants to give safety tips to young adults. So it's dropping an album

Has inflation changed how you shop and spend? We want to hear from you
Is greedflation really the villain?
Taking a Breather: Fed holds interest rates steady in patient battle against inflation'
Cheaper eggs and gas lead inflation lower in May, but higher prices pop up elsewhere
Many Americans think we're close to or in a recession despite their own financial optimism
Sky-high egg prices are finally coming back down to earth
Amazingly, the U.S. job market continues to roar. Here are the 5 things to know
A troubling cold spot in the hot jobs report
The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May. It's a stunningly strong number
Even dollar stores are hurting as consumers get more cautious
Macy’s and Costco sound a warning about the economy
Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation
U.S. consumers take frugal turn as inflation persists
Soaring pasta prices caused a crisis in Italy. What can the U.S. learn from it?
What has been driving inflation? Economists' thinking may have changed
Congress could do more to fight inflation

Backed by auto shop co-owner Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, ‘right-to-repair’ bills pick up steam
A right to repair in Minnesota and beyond
If you want to fix your own clothes, try this easy style of mending
Fixit culture is on the rise, but repair legislation faces resistance

The Death of the Smart Shopper

The Fed's radical new bank band-aid
How one small change in Japan could sway U.S. markets
Prices: What goes up, doesn't always come down
Can forcing people to save cool inflation?
The life and possible death of low interest rates
Where Are Interest Rates Going?
Asian shares moderately higher with focus on inflation data
Inflation eased in March but prices are still climbing too fast to get comfortable

Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter Out at Disney
Disney begins process of cutting 7,000 jobs as CEO Bob Iger warns 'challenges ahead'
Amazon is cutting another 9,000 jobs as tech industry keeps shrinking
Facebook parent Meta slashes 10,000 jobs in its 'Year of Efficiency'
General Motors is offering buyouts in an effort to cut $2 billion in costs
Disney's Bob Iger is swinging the ax as he plans to lay off 7,000 workers worldwide
Zoom is the latest tech firm to announce layoffs, and its CEO will take a 98% pay cut
vvv Amazon reports its first unprofitable year since 2014

The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing

Is price gouging a problem?
Walmart keeps gaining high-income shoppers amid 'stubborn inflation' in the grocery aisle
Unwinding the wage-price spiral

Apparently, love does have a price. It's $25.9 billion

‘De-Influencers’ Want You to Think Twice Before Buying That Mascara

Buy Nothing is everything

Marie Kondo revealed she's 'kind of given up' on being so tidy. People freaked out

Reality TV Inspired This Poetic Look At People And The Things They Hoard