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Money, Money, Money!
“Economic values” control so much of government, community and social life.
Yes Minister
TAXATION
“Economic values”
Cover a range of areas in our society: Economic rationalism Economic competition Globalization of markets Economic growth Casualization of employment Consumerism
Consumption
Consumption defined in economic terms is the “selection, purchase, use, maintenance, repair and disposal of any product or service.”
It is considered an action.
Consumerism
Draws from the dual role of economics and culture. It is considered a way of life.
It is considered a way of life.
Consumerism is a preoccupation with consumption
The Simpsons
STEVE MOBS - MAPPLE
1920’s “Thoroughly Modern”
Preoccupation with:
Self: appearance, fashion
House: phones, eclectic items( vacuum cleaners, washing machines)
Introduction of automobiles
1950’s “Fordism”
Mass production
Basic items become fashion items
Introduction of credit
Emergence of the teenager
1980’s, 1990’s Post Moderm
Move from uniformity in production to individual choice
Increase spending power fuels economic growth
Cycle maintained through reinvention Information technology Communication technology
Pope Benedict
“Children and adolescents are being deceived by false models of happiness pushed by adults who lead them down the dead-end streets of consumerism,” the Pope said.
“ Post modern consumer culture is about continuous self- recreation through the accessibility of things which are themselves presented as new, modish, fadish or fashionable always improved always improving.”
“Consumer culture denotes a social arrangement in which the arrangement of lived culture and social resources, between meaningful ways of life and the symbolic and material resources on which they depend is mediated through the market”
THE FEAR IS …
THE FEAR