The Consumer - More than Jus a Number
In the consumption society, the human being risks to become just a number in the statistics. Questions as “the need generates new products?” or vice versa could be analyzed in economic key but in philosophical key too. How much the consumption is dedicated to cover real needs and how much is a rus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Danubius University
2017-05-01
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| Series: | EIRP Proceedings |
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| Online Access: | http://proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/1813/1913 |
| Summary: | In the consumption society, the human being risks to become just a number in the statistics.
Questions as “the need generates new products?” or vice versa could be analyzed in economic key but in
philosophical key too. How much the consumption is dedicated to cover real needs and how much is a rush for
profit in any conditions? This paper opens only few subjects of reflection about the individual happiness in the
consumption society where the profit and the competitiveness are basic rules of the businesses and the
economy. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-9211 2069-9344 |