• Professor emerita, behavioral economic and convergence sciences, Marketing; James McGill Chair of Consumer and Lifestyle Psychology and Marketing; Founding Chair, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), McGill University
Plant-based products at a supermarket in Brussels in October, 2020. The foods we buy and consume are often discussed as if they are simply a matter of personal choice. But grocery shopping rarely works that way. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Plant‑based products need to be easier to find and consistently affordable for shoppers

Pricing policies and retail strategies can help shift diets, but they must account for socioeconomic inequalities in how consumers respond to food prices.
Shakespeare’s theatre made money, and also helped educate audiences about money and power. Portrait of the writer, seen in London in 2009. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

How Shakespeare can help us put meaning back in money

Shakespeare was a social entrepreneur and entertainer in a world riven by crises, and much can be learned from bringing him into conversation with policy today.

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