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    MASA 18/07/2010 Nowadays‚ consumerism plays a more and more important role than ever before in almost every society. It is probably impossible for people to enjoy them daily life more wonderful than now if people live without consuming. At the same time‚ consumerism dose creates many advantages and disadvantages for both businesses and individuals. On one hand‚ many positive aspects have been brought out by large number of consumerism. Individually‚ normal consumption enriches people daily life

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    There were many big ideas we have seen in the World‚ facism‚ communism‚ democracy‚ religion etc. but only one of them has reached to peak and came to our daily life‚ consumerism. Consumerism threatens many part of our lives‚ it corrupts our social life and environment. Consumerism is not only the consumption but also being convinced by advertisements‚ TV‚ magazines and newspaper to buy more and more everyday. They dictate society that consuming is a big great idea and if we buy more‚ our lives

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    about our preoccupation with getting and spending. They fear we are losing touch with more worthwhile values and ways of living. But the discomfort rarely goes much further than that; it never coheres into a persuasive‚ well-articulated critique of consumerism. By contrast‚ in the 1960s and early ’70s‚ a far-reaching critique of consumer culture was a part of our political discourse. Elements of the New Left‚ influenced by the Frankfurt School‚ as well as by John Kenneth Galbraith and others‚ put forward

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    Consumerism: As humans we tend consume. To live is to consume. And guess what that makes us? Consumers This lifestyle of consuming can easily start to become excessive though when it extends above what is needed. Excessive consumerism leads to the fanciest technology‚ faster cars‚ trendier clothes and cooler gaming. It promises happiness and fulfilment… and I’m sorry to break it to you‚ but it doesn’t deliver it. Instead excessive consumerism results in a desire for more. How do we always manage

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    Feature What’s behind American consumerism? As Americans increasingly spend more than they earn‚ psychological research is providing clues as to why. By Amy Novotney Monitor Staff July/August 2008‚ Vol 39‚ No. 7 Print version: page 40 Woman holding a bag and a credit card One bright spot in the midst of the country’s economic downturn may be a long-overdue focus on reining in our spending. Since 1982‚ Americans’ personal savings rate has dropped from 11 percent to below zero‚

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    Consumerism: Using coupons to save money Gina York ENG102 May 23‚ 2012 Sarah Giragosian Consumerism: Using coupons to save money Consumers face daily struggles. However‚ many would say that the one thing they struggle with the most is how to find ways to stretch their paycheck enough to cover the bills and put food on the table. In fact‚ despite having two paychecks coming in‚ the average American family is still unable to make ends meet. While we can eliminate some things from our daily

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    Repercussions of Materialism Materialism and the want of consumer goods‚ has proved to be a prevalent force in the last century. When superficially thinking about materialism‚ one would not immediately register that there is a relationship between materialism and ethics; although‚ under examination‚ we can see that there is indeed a great association between the two. Are materialism and the obsessive consumer culture we have made for ourselves ethical? People’s opinion on this question can be

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    The Ethics of Consumerism Marius TEODORU Introduction People have been consuming as far back as man can remember. During time people have increased consumption and began to become somehow addicted to consumption. Reaching today‚ consumerism began to be more evident somewhere in the fifties in the USA. Companies began to realize that people are needed for them to buy more and more manufactured products. So they started producing more and more forgetting that the environment needs protection

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    In “Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching” Lao- Tzu has an anti-materialistic view point. He believes that possessions and wealth are leaden weights of the soul; they are meaningless and trivial. Any truly free and enlightened person will regard them as evil. (22) Being in a state of true enlightenment means not being overly concerned with possessions and learning to be completely satisfied with the items you do possess which are within your means. The advertisers in this commercial use one rhetorical

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    Consumerism `The only reason a great many American families don’t own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.` Mad Magazine What Is Consumerism? There must be more to life than having everything! Maurice Sendak Consumerism it’s a trend‚ an atitude and an choice. According to Business Dictionary[i]‚ consumerism can be defined on three branches.The first branch can be seen as a trend

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