My idea is to have a program for a cell phone which photographs and interprets the barcode of a product, sends in the number (or a manually entered product name) and recieves "perfect information" about that product.

* Where it's manufactured* The conditions where it's manufactured* The practices of the company who manufactured it* Consumer reviews* Health benifits and risks* The environmental impact of the product and its manufacturing process* How evil the advertising campaigns are. (do they have web-ads with annoying buzzing sounds)* How they treat their workers* how much their CEO gets paid.* how much it costs online.* an option to purchase the product online, over the phone* competitors which arent available at the store

WHYI went into econ 101 with a very cynical state. It started with the objective of "the good society." Thats when I knew that during this class, I would find something to blame for our unethical corporate culture.

One of the things that this course stated was necassary to a "good" economy was perfect information for the consumer. After hearing that it's easy to understand why consumers make such unethical choices. It's because, in the store, the only comparisons they can make are features and pricepoint. (to the consumer in the store, the ethical values of competing products are the same) And since consumers make monetary and materialistic comparisons, our corporate structure meets demand and so does culture.

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