overconsumption

But the more Americans obey these orders, the worse things look for China in the short run, since American overconsumption is exactly what has kept those Chinese factories a-hum.

China's Way Forward 2009

But the more Americans obey these orders, the worse things look for China in the short run, since American overconsumption is exactly what has kept those Chinese factories a-hum.

China's Way Forward 2009

The real problem with the big-screen televisions is that, like Hummers or McMansions, they offend the sensibilities of many in California's political class, to whom the notion of overconsumption is sinful.

City Journal 2009

We've seen evidence lately that "overconsumption" is at least as often caused by doctors ordering extra tests and procedures to bump up their profits.

The Cato Institute's Daffy Health Care Ideas 2009

Imagine what the totals are for the Western world combined: Scary and revealing stuff that makes the word "overconsumption" seem like a gross understatement.

Peak Food: Blaming the Victims 2008

In dismissing the idea of overconsumption they say: “But the overall level of consumption is not the source of the problem.

Herman Daly Festschrift~ The world is in over-shoot and what to do about it 2009

Agreed that in today's economy, "overconsumption" and "excess" are now dirty words, for a number of reasons.

Marketing Profs Daily Fix 2009

The idea is to toggle the 'overconsumption' box in yellow in the lower chart above to the 'sustainable consumption' box in the upper chart above, in such a way as it causally flips the entire lower chart to the upper chart, and, voila -- we're saved.

How to Save the World 2009

• Do you agree that "overconsumption" is now a dirty word?

Marketing Profs Daily Fix 2009

The very names of these drinks alone can—in spite of any cognitive damage provoked by their overconsumption—resuscitate all-too-vivid memories of specific social occasions.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010