Boycotts are back in the news. The CEO of Whole Foods wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal opposing President Obama’s health care plan, prompting some critics to call for a boycott of the grocery chain. Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has also been the target of a boycott after he called President Obama a racist. We talk to boycott organizers, as well as experts about whether boycotts work.
Guests:
Sally Hampton, co-founder of the Boycott Whole Foods Facebook Group which has grown to nearly 30,000 members
Fred Taub, president of Boycott Watch, a boycott-focused blog
James Rucker, executive director of Color of Change, an Internet group promoting issues relevant to African-Americans
Brayden King, assistant professor in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
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