Consumption and the Consumer Society

3. CONSUMPTION IN HISTORICAL & INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT .... 13
 
3.1 A Brief History of Consumer Society ..................................................................... 13
3.2 Limits to Modern Consumerism ............................................................................. 16
Insufficient Consumption: Poverty .......................................................................... 16
Nonconsumerist Values ........................................................................................... 17
4. CONSUMPTION IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT .................................................. 18
 
4.1 Social Comparisons ................................................................................................ 18
4.2 Advertising .............................................................................................................. 20
4.3 Private Versus Public Consumption ....................................................................... 22
5. CONSUMPTION IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT .......................... 23
 
5.1 The Link Between Consumption and the Environment .......................................... 24
5.2 Green Consumerism ................................................................................................ 26
6. CONSUMPTION AND WELL-BEING ............................................................ 26
 
6.1 Does Money Buy Happiness? ................................................................................. 27
6.2 Affluenza and Voluntary Simplicity ....................................................................... 30
6.3 Consumption and Public Policy .............................................................................. 32
Flexible Work Hours ............................................................................................... 33

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CONSUMPTION AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETY
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Advertising Regulations ........................................................................................... 33
Consumption Taxation ............................................................................................. 34