He stands up against greed, instant gratification and consumerism, and demands that only the smartest are able to go to Tenerife with £500 spending money.
The reforms introduced under Thatcher have been seen as a crucial stage in the NHS's transition from what Rudolf Klein described as the 'church' model (characterized by paternalism, planning, need, and universalism), towards the 'garage' model (typified by consumerism, responsiveness, demand, and choice).
Postwar economic recovery and mass-market consumerism fueled demand for the bland, sugary white wine, named after a church in the nearby city of Worms.
We need to remember that the power of the divine is more than that of all the global corporations that continue to make the world a wasteland, even more than the global forces of consumerism that demand the life-blood of the planet.
At the system level the implications of this study findings point to the direction of rethinking the consumerism of demanding more PCP choice.
A culture of consumerism – fed by demands for economic growth – has led us to demand more.
The opening up of the markets and expansion of the middle classes fueled consumerism and the demand for modern goods.
For young people, brought up in a world of on-demand consumerism, it seemed a moment of awakening: a week in which freedoms once taken for granted were shattered then reaffirmed.
For young people in particular, brought up in a world of on-demand consumerism, it seemed to be a moment of awakening: a time when freedoms once taken for granted have been both shattered, and then reaffirmed.Now that the march is over, however, questions will start to crowd in.
What saved the United States from that fate in the 1960's, the authors wrote, were temporary phenomenon: military spending, robust consumerism and the growing demand for autos because of rapidly expanding suburbs and the new Interstate highway system.
