Sentence examples for excess consumer from inspiring English sources

A "voluntary simplicity" movement calls on households to do away with excess consumer choice and lead a low-consumption, eco-friendly life.

In our case, the excess consumer demand and jobs created by our credit and housing bubbles have masked not only our weaknesses in manufacturing and other economic fundamentals, but something worse: how far we have fallen behind in K-12 education and how much it is now costing us.

The only way to prevent economic collapse is to find new markets to absorb excess consumer goods.

Higher rates and a stabilization of housing prices, or certainly a decline, would put a stop to that excess consumer demand.

The research firm noted that Dell took advantage of weakness at Hewlett-Packard and remained aggressive throughout the quarter in notebooks "fully aware that HP would be hamstrung by excess consumer notebook inventory".

Excess consumer debt may even force you to take an outside job, which for many students isn't a good idea; an outside job may distract you from your studies and disrupt your financial-aid package.

They also cannot be dictated by the food versus fuel debate that takes place in countries where food waste occurs not because of lack of transport infrastructure or storage facilities, but because of excess and consumer preferences, thus primarily at the retail and consumer level.

"Continuing economic recovery, earnings growth in excess of consumer price inflation and very low mortgage rates all underpin housing demand," he said.

Shopping, likewise, is a practice that can only become compulsive in a modern society with disposable income or credit and an excess of consumer goods.

The new year is a time to reflect on the excesses of consumer culture.

Barber makes points that need to be made — about the excesses of consumer capitalism, the pernicious effects of creeping libertarianism and the cheapening consequences of omnipresent branding.