Consumerism / Roman Espejo, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Espejo, Roman, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Juvenile literature.

Consumption (Economics).

Place of Publication:

United States Greenhaven Press

Summary:

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Contents:

Why consider opposing viewpoints?

Introduction

1: What Is The Impact Of Consumerism?

Chapter preface

1: Consumption is linked to economic well-being / Kevin A Hassett and Aparna Mathur

2: Consumption is not an indicator of economic well-being / Virginia Postrel

3: Consumerism may be linked to mental and emotional problems / Tori DeAngelis

4: Consumerism is not linked to mental and emotional problems / Brendan O'Neill

5: Consumption of luxury goods is changing among consumers / Knowledge@Wharton

6: Luxury is not the same as consumer excess / Joseph Epstein

Periodical bibliography

2: What Facilitates Consumerism?

1: Advertising promotes consumerism / Anup Shah

2: Shopping addiction promotes consumerism / Charles Shaw

3: Capitalism promotes consumerism / Rick Wolff

4: Capitalism is confused with consumerism / Michael J Foster

5: Recession is hurting consumerism / Alex Williams

6: Recession will not hurt consumerism / Zachary Karabell

3: Is Consumerism A Problem?

1: Consumerism harms children / Kris Berggren

2: Dangers of consumerism for children are overstated / Karen Sternheimer

3: Environmental movement has created greet consumerism / Frank Furedi

4: Rejecting consumerism can help the environment / Wendee Holtcamp

5: Credit card consumerism creates debt / Stuart Vyse

6: Credit card consumerism is ending / Kimberly Palmer

4: Should Consumerism Be Rejected?

1: Consumerism should be rejected / Wanda Urbanska

2: Rejecting consumerism is unrealistic / Reihan Salam

3: Freeganism addresses the problems of consumerism / Sergio Burns

4: Moderate consumerism is more practical than freeganism / Raina Kelley

5: Consumerism conflicts with Christianity / Christian Science Monitor

6: Consumerism can benefit Christianity / Jeremy Lott

For further discussion

Organizations to contact

Bibliography of books

Index