American Dream consumerism

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Yorick van Teeseling
Femke van der Vegt
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Consumerism
Yorick van Teeseling
Femke van der Vegt

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Consumerism

Slide 2 - Carte mentale

Consumerism in the 1920's
- American consumerism  increased during the Roaring Twenties --> technical advances:
                                                                   - communication
                                                                   - transportation
                                                                   - manufacturing
- Buying goods by installments.
- Mass advertising and marketing --> increasing sales

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What or who influences us to buy products now a days?

Slide 4 - Question ouverte

Consumerism in 21 century
- America at the top:
4% of the population, but consumes 25% of the worlds resources.
- Material possesions
- Great wealth gap
- No willpower to not buy anything
      --> credit cards


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Ethical Consumerism

Slide 6 - Carte mentale

Ethical consumerism
Issues regarding: environmental friendly consumerism, fair-trade, morality and honesty.

More people concern themselves with products come from

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Consumerism and the American Dream
- Limitless
- No outside interference
- possessions are a status
- products are cheaper because of mass production --> more people can afford them


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F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A lot of loans
- Financial problems
- Ups and downs with popularity of his books



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The Great Gatsby
In favor of an example the American dream
- Born poor but ended up being rich.

Against:
- Low social mobility is linked to inequality

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