Golden Gate University
Professor of Consumer Psychology at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California, and author of Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail
PROFILE
Kit Yarrow
Guest
FROM Kit Yarrow
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What Do We Do with Our Tax Refunds? Almost 80% of tax filers get refunds. Why? And what do they do with the money?
To the Point
With Consumer Confidence Up, Have We Finally Bottomed Out? American consumer confidence rose this month to its highest level since before the credit markets’ crash late last year. A Reuters-University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment shows signs of hope among consumers, amid other reports that the recession may have reached its end. Consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow is a professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and author of the forthcoming book, Gen BuY .
To the Point
Despite Gloomy Forecasts, Will Shoppers Let Loose Anyway? What with rising gasoline prices and the sub-prime mortgage crisis, there have been grim predictions about holiday shipping. Retailers are braced for the worst, but there could be good news for consumers. Kit Yarrow is a consumer psychologist and professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California.
Recommended
To the Point
Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
To the Point
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
To the Point
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?