During the industrial revolution emergence of consumption has shifted almost everything.Now, we live in a capitalist society which is forcing us to consume more.Therefore, people were divided into two groups under the question of does consumption make people happier? This is an ongoing debatable topic on the relation between consumption and happiness.However, the typical approach to consumer action in economics takes utility to be a supportive activity of the level of consumption of goods and services.This approach can be understood like that the level of happiness increases when a person consumes.It does not mean neither buying countless products nor feeding our greed.Today, there is more information than we had before about both the positive effects and the negative effects of unhibited consumption on happiness.From my point of view, the positive effects of consumption are more than the negative effects. The consumption bubble we are immersed in, can make people happier.Simply, the more consumption people do, the happier they are.According to Maslow’s hierarchy in Goodwin’s (2008) article “people ‘climb’ upwards the pyramid, in order to
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From my point of view, the positive aspects of consumption are more than the negative aspects because happiness should be priority for
From my point of view, the positive aspects of consumption are more than the negative aspects because happiness should be priority for