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ConsumptionMark Sagoff
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Two Concepts of Consumption

1. Getting and Spending buying, using, and
   discarding of the kinds of things advertised on
   TV and the Internet.
2. Depleting the Earths resources and exhausting
   its capacity to safely absorb effluents and
   emissions.

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The Power is Yours!

• Consumers should adjust their activities out of
  concerns for the Earth!

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Commercial Break

• The Power is yours
• to be happy!
• She or he who dies
• with the most toys
• wins!

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Some Questions

1. Does consumption make us better off?
2. Why do we consume so (too) much?
3. How much do we need to consume?
4. To what end do we consume?

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Consumption Addiction?Shopping Therapy?