Oh, Boycott...

Boycotts! We don’t talk about them much anymore. Still, considering that the founding of our country technically started with American revolutionaries boycotting British goods, we think it’s important to discuss their history as well as where boycotts have worked and where they could work again. This is America and the one language we all speak is the dialect of the dollar. But, do boycotts actually hurt corporate revenue or is the potential or actual harm to a business’s reputation the tactic that moves the needle? All this and more with Jen & Carolyn this week.   

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Do Boycotts Work?: Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern University
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