The Consumer Lifestyle (Consumerism, Materialism)

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Supertopics:

Socioeconomic Models
Particualr Rat Race Activities
Corporation Problems
Natural Resource Depletion

Cross-References:

Products
Living on Less Money, Frugality, Simple Living
Consumer Protection

Subtopics:

Competitive Conspicuous Consumption
Expensive Products Convey Social Status
the technology everyone wanted each year from 1945	web		LoveMoney	2018-05-06
Facebook increases competitive consumption	web	Catey Hill	MarketWatch	2016-09-13
not saving much due to competitive consumption	web	Neal Gabler	The Atlantic	2016-04-20
consumers are suckers for faux-luxury packaging	web	Steve Kazanjian	Quartz	2014-01-18
can't buy love - materialism kills marriages	web	Courtney Hutchison	Good Morning America	2011-10-12
conspicuous spending to attract mates	web	Geoffrey Miller	New Scientist	2010-01-01
Will Rogers on Competitive Consumption		Will Rogers
Obsession with Consumer Products
Identifying with Consumer Products
Obsession with Cars
Obsession with High Tech
Obsession with Shoes
Obsession with Shopping
The Consumerist	web
TV to hook kids on war for corporate rule	web	Ruben Bolling		2016-11-05
Delusion About Consumption
Spoiled Consumers Out of Touch with Reality
Delusional Eco-Consuming
Dumping Undesirable Stuff on Poorer Nations
Delusion About Consumption Miscellany
Consumer Lifestyle As Important
Consumerism as Happiness
Consumerism as Our Duty
Consumer Lifestyle As Important Miscellany
Consumer Debt
Unsustainable Consumer Debt
Credit Cards and Debit Cards
College Debt (Student Loans)
Dying In Debt
Consumer Debt Miscellany
Hoarding (Collecting and Storing Too Much Stuff)
Renting Storage Space (Self Storage)
it's easier than ever to hoard even more stuff	web	Alana Semuels	The Atlantic	2018-08-21
why you should keep everything just in case	web	Stephan Pastis		2018-04-08
just three percent of Americans own half the guns	web	Elizabeth Koh	Idaho Statesman	2016-09-19
US households have extreme clutter	web	Meg Sullivan	UCLA Newsroom	2012-06-19
store stuff and don't use the lawn	web	Meg Sullivan	University of California	22-Feb-2007
Things That Are Expensive
Health Care is Expensive
House Ownership is Expensive
Cars are Expensive
Travel is Expensive
Higher Education (College) is Expensive
Raising a Child is Expensive
Telecommunications Are Expensive
Eating Out in Restaurants is Expensive
Cars Lead to Excessive Consumption
Erik Curran reviews Mugyenyi & Engler's 'Stop Signs'	web	Erik Curren	Transition Voice	2011-08-15
Consumer Lifestyle Miscellaneous Topics
Technology As Annoying
Planned Obsolescence
Christmas Consumerism
Bible Verses on Greed and Materialism
Lots of Food Is Wasted in Rich Countries
Consumer Lifestyle Miscellany
Nate Hagens on shifting competition away from consumption	web
percent of US households with products over time	web			2010-07-21
Thoreau on the real price of anything		Henry David Thoreau