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Consumerism and exclusion in a throw-away culture

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  • Alexandru TAŞNADI

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

  • Iustin Emanuel ALEXANDRU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

  • Gheorghe USTINESCU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

  • Petru Ciprian BRADU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

Abstract

Various sources draw our attention to contemporary problems such as irrational use of resources, pollution, and, even more alarming, the application of the market logic to human relations. Given this unfolding, we ask ourselves if the prevailing economic model has a human purpose. We show that consumerism, as an important feature of nowadays lifestyle, generates corruption, squandering, and addictions, which in turn lead people to an existential void, as psychiatrist Viktor Frankl put it. This being the status, we argue for a leap of conscience – a thorough consideration of how we act now and how we should behave if we want to maintain the various balances that make possible life on Earth.

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  • Alexandru TAŞNADI & Iustin Emanuel ALEXANDRU & Gheorghe USTINESCU & Petru Ciprian BRADU, 2018. "Consumerism and exclusion in a throw-away culture," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania - AGER, vol. 0(3(616), A), pages 101-112, Autumn.
    • Handle: RePEc:agr:journl:v:3(616):y:2018:i:3(616):p:101-112
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    1. Constantin Popescu & Alexandru Tasnadi & Emanuel Iustin Alexandru, 2016. "The Dialectic Of Learning And Unlearning Towards A Healthy Economy," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 4, pages 21-30, August.
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