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consumer capitalism
noun[ U ]
finance & economics specializeduk /kənˌsjuː.mə ˈkæp.ɪ.təl.ɪ.zəm/ us /kənˌsuː.mɚ ˈkæp.ə.t̬əl.ɪ.zəm/
the idea that demand from consumers(= people who buy things) is manipulated(= unfairly controlled) by people and businesses that sell things :
They claim that consumer capitalism infantilizes adults.
Consumer capitalism has liberated people to behave and consume in any way they want.
What is ignored in most accounts of consumer capitalism is the way in which consuming can be an active as well as a passive choice.
In the era of consumer capitalism, mass workers were also mass consumers.
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