/methodology/approach – Net exporters (like China) give up current consumption in order to gain claims against future production. This paper … argues that the reasons why China is trading current consumption for claims on future production are not good. Findings …

range of literature, the paper discussed the ways in which the historiography of retailing and consumption might be brought … of consumption to the economic realm of retailing. Originality/value – The key argument is that, if studies of shopping … are to be useful in furthering the understanding of retailing and consumption, then the paper must theorise shopping more …

“market” are examined. The implications of increased consumption by the poor even while the developed countries maintain their … levels of consumption are discussed. Findings – This paper argues that current levels of consumption by the developed world …

In postmodernity, consumption is a prime site for the negotiation of conflicting themes of freedom and control …. Explores the consumption of symbolic meaning through five consumption dialectics: the material versus the symbolic, the social … consumption choices can be conceptualized as the exercise of existential freedom, even if constrained by inequalities in the …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the characteristics of edutainment consumption and to analyze how new … itself and its consumption), and to the object itself (artistic consumption mediated by technological applications). Design …

context of three economic activities: consumption, work, and leisure. Design/methodology/approach – Three strands of Christian …. Findings – Mainstream economics regards consumption as satisfying human material wants. Need is disregarded except when poverty … consumption. Personalist economics views work as having two effects. First, by producing goods and services it provides income to …

Purpose – This paper seeks to conceptualize the field of child and teen consumption as a system of social practices at …, and political stakes. Children's and teens' consumption is shaped and transformed by a mix of managerial action, public …/methodology/approach – Within such a framework, child and teen consumption appears as a complex arena of competing moral and ideological …