Whether "increased productivity" will fill those gaps though, is based on assumptions made by economists in consumerist, not producer, cultures. From Wordnik.com. [Time is not money in Mexico.] Reference
Rather, we are all participants in a contemporary phenomenon that has been variously called a consumerist culture and a consumer society. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer society] Reference
Maybe we're waking up from our consumerist stupor. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schaeffer: Thanksgiving -- In Spite of Everything] Reference
You might spend some research time on the consumerist. From Wordnik.com. [There Is A Difference Between Evil And Just Absurdly Profitable] Reference
Our consumerist lifestyle has made us shallow and self-absorbed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2009] Reference
We have been a consumerist culture since the end of WWII, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Brett Ashley McKenzie: I Worked My Butt off in School and all I Got was this Crappy Economy] Reference
We are the logical conclusion of the consumerist culture that birthed us. From Wordnik.com. [Brett Ashley McKenzie: I Worked My Butt off in School and all I Got was this Crappy Economy] Reference
A movement in the heart became the flashing hand of consumerist pick-pockets. From Wordnik.com. [Glenn W. Smith: Summers of Love: What the Media is Missing About the Summer of Love] Reference
Even in this day of consumerist overkill there is more to life than making money. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Weber: Yes. We. Did.] Reference
So what do you think about the consumerist. com articles regarding Cash4Gold? reply. From Wordnik.com. [There Is A Difference Between Evil And Just Absurdly Profitable] Reference
From the last-minute frantic purchasing to participating in the consumerist frenzy of. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Best Holiday CD Ever Made (See If You Don't Agree)] Reference
Micah please take a step back, consumerist by JessicaHalliwell on February 11, 2009 - 2: 36pm. From Wordnik.com. [Armed with a Flip Camera, Freshmen Take Capitol Hill] Reference
No. Its part of a dumbed-down consumerist nonsense that encourages adults to behave like children. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Winder: I Hate Harry Potter and I'm Glad It's Over] Reference
( "A true American hero, the lonesome cowboy pointing a finger at our consumerist greed," said Jerry Hall.). From Wordnik.com. [Ed Ruscha: 'There's room for saying things in bright shiny colours'] Reference
(Which, to again object to the nonsense of the Naderites, was not a leftward move, but a consumerist move.). From Wordnik.com. [Top Official At Nader's Old Group Sees Obama As Most Reliable Good-Government Ally] Reference
This improbable scenario has arrived in an increasingly consumerist society with the birth of the 'free sheeter. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press] Reference
Making do with less violates the growth/consumerist mantra of our capitalist society and is thus not discussed. From Wordnik.com. [Gore Tears Up Global Warming Skeptic] Reference
Part of me believes, when I'm optimistic, that a less consumerist life might actually be a more satisfying life. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
He told the groups it was no wonder: "choice" came from a "consumerist" vocabulary, while "life" came from a moral one. From Wordnik.com. [ROE'S ARMY RELOADS] Reference
Tyler sees through the facade of consumerist culture, with its meaningless devotion to materialism and self-improvement. From Wordnik.com. [A Fistful Of Darkness] Reference
The main manifestation in the first blush of market euphoria was, of course, the promotion of a consumerist youth culture. From Wordnik.com. [Great Transition~ Narratives] Reference
But mass consumption, and the consumerist attitudes that support it, became increasingly important to the economic system. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer society] Reference
The agents driving the Market Forces scenario are global corporations, market-enabling governments and a consumerist public. From Wordnik.com. [Great Transition~ How Do We Get There] Reference
When my son saw the film, he pointed out that he thought it was a little consumerist of her to want this double-wide trailer. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Balfour: Vet Actress Melissa Leo Makes Frozen River a Hot Indie and Gets an Oscar Nom As Well] Reference
The consumerist backlash has become so mainstream that it's even popping up in politics, business and big-screen entertainment. From Wordnik.com. [Is The Mall Dead?] Reference
This attitude, widespread in pre-industrial, pre-consumerist societies, was incompatible with mass production and mass consumption. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer society] Reference
Our multiplying troubles give us a chance to save ourselves from something far worse than going broke: life-destroying consumerist values. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schaeffer: Thanksgiving -- In Spite of Everything] Reference
You are Teddy, my student friend, still secretly critical of capitalist values perhaps, but fully integrated into the consumerist society. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
Whether it's a post-9/11 hunt for higher meaning or just a hallmark of a consumerist bigger-is-better society, megachurches are mushrooming. From Wordnik.com. [GOOD Magazine: Joel Osteen: God, Without The Fuss] Reference
Director Stephen Herek ( "" 101 Dalmatians '') has made a kind of laughed-up "" Network, '' taking off on our consumerist, TV-templed society. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter And Tears] Reference
The central question was, How many of the resources used in our typically American, consumerist lifestyle actually contributed to our happiness?. From Wordnik.com. [Colin Beavan: No Impact Week: Taking The Environment Into Our Own Hands] Reference
By the time children reach their teen years, the impact of years of exposure to marketing, branding and consumerist brainwashing is far-reaching. From Wordnik.com. [John W. Whitehead: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood] Reference
The recession is painful to all and tragic for many, but it has also put much of our consumerist folly into relief, which may be the one silver lining. From Wordnik.com. [From Wal-Mart to the Plaza, Greed Turns Ugly: Evgenia Peretz] Reference
Not in the consumerist sense of the idea, but in the sense that if we believe in an eternal entity above who evolves, then shouldn't we do so, as well?. From Wordnik.com. [George Elerick: Could Culture Emerge Out of a God Who Evolves?] Reference
Unfortunately for us financially-challenged, the 90s are over, and the anti-consumerist anti-fashion of grunge has not yet made its return as retro and cool. From Wordnik.com. [Ben McCoy: Cheap Date: Drinking & Dating During a Recession] Reference
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