Sentence examples for expanded consumption from inspiring English sources

The first has highlighted the unsuccessful transition of peasant small-holders into wage workers, whose incomes and employment benefits, it was once argued, would both satisfy their social reproduction needs and allow for expanded consumption.

After a century of unprecedented production growth, technical innovation, and expanded consumption, the world faces a number of critical energy challenges arising from unequal resource distribution, changing demand patterns, and environmental limitations.

"We are starting out by alerting consumers about products made by factories with bad pollution records, but this also raises awareness about how expanded consumption puts pressure on our environment," said Ma Jun, of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Unfortunately, despite that reputation, natural gas remains a carbon-based fossil fuel, and its expanded consumption will result in a significant increase in global greenhouse gas emissions.

So I expect this will expand consumption, rather than shrink it".

Unfortunately, this vulnerability is compounded further by the expanding consumption of low-cost, industrially produced food.

You don't need higher incomes to expand consumption if you have falling costs.

Robeco's Global Consumer Trends Equities invests in both expanding consumption in China and aging in the United States.

China needs to expand consumption to reduce dependence on exports and government infrastructure spending for growth.

"I am trying to expand consumption but to diminish unnecessary consumption … I'm opposed to waste – of energy, or resources, or time.

No matter what you call it, the key idea is to develop economic policies that improve quality of life without expanding consumption.