Accustomed to choice as consumers, voters increasingly pick policies rather than signing up to comprehensive world views.
"Stand up honestly and courageously for workers, consumers, voters, investors, people who breathe air and drink water and eat food.
During the last few months, the Guardian Big Energy Debate has heard from policy makers, academics, consumers, voters, politicians and industry leaders to find how energy affects them.
Or will we -- that is, you, children, the intended audience of these cautionary tales and the drivers, consumers, voters, lawmakers and Yertle shakers of tomorrow -- take to heart the warning not to play with matches?
A sharp rise could prompt a stronger reaction from United States and European leaders who have to worry about the impact of higher prices on consumers, voters and the economy.
More than 50 years ago, while explaining the basic difference between the provision of national and local services, Tiebout [31] stated that for those services supplied at the local level, "the consumer-voter moves to that community whose local government best satisfies his set of preferences".
Indeed, the traditional business warning, caveat emptor, seems to apply, with nothing but occasional media fact checking to protect the unschooled consumer-voter.
In such circumstances, boldness, even to the point of obduracy, matters - because it is perceived as authenticity; and consumers (voters) find that appealing.
In 2014, Swiss banking giant UBS called divestment a "catalyst for change," because "many of those engaged in the debate are the consumers, voters and leaders of the next several decades… time, youthful energy and stamina are on [its] side".
First, consumers, voters or other information users react to new facts by changing their perceptions and behavior.
Low oil prices allow these to be tackled without a material impact on consumer (read voter) pockets.
