Virginia Postrel has spent a career writing about the intersection of commerce, culture, and technology. Her books and columns explore issues of expressive consumerism, the art and science of persuasion, and interesting yet neglected topics like what really is Egyptian cotton and how group-think may threaten the adventure outfitter industry. In this talk, Virginia gives a 60-minute interview with WCU Professor of Economics Edward Lopez.
About the Speaker: Virginia Postrel is a professional writer and public speaker. She is a Bloomberg View columnist and has previously had columns at the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Forbes. Her books include The Future and its Enemies (1998), The Substance of Style (2003), and The Power of Glamour (2913). Virginia’s work centers on issues in design and economic policy, how consumers and technology interact, how tastes and values change over time, how glamour and the nature of persuasion have changed with technology, and more. Writing in Vanity Fair, Sam Tanenhaus described her as “a master D.J. who sequences the latest riffs from the hard sciences, the social sciences, business, and technology, to name only a few sources.”
