# Economic Boycott The organized, voluntary withdrawal of patronage, purchasing, or financial participation from a company, institution, or government in order to impose economic cost and force a change in behavior. As a tool of nonviolent resistance, the economic boycott translates diffuse public opposition into a concrete, measurable pressure that targets a party's revenue, market valuation, or political backers rather than relying on persuasion or legal remedy alone. Boycotts work best where the target is economically exposed at the margin and where participation can be coordinated and sustained. The [[Montgomery Bus Boycott]] (381 days) is the canonical American example. In the digital era, the model has been adapted to subscription businesses: because [[Big Tech]] valuations rest on subscriber growth and high revenue multiples, even small subscriber losses can produce outsized market-cap effects — the analytical core of Scott Galloway's *[[The Algebra of Resistance]]*. ## See also - [[Montgomery Bus Boycott]] - *[[The Algebra of Resistance]]* - [[Big Tech]] - [[Resistance Hub]]