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consumption

vr.tr.consumption · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain consumption as an economic and social activity, relay measurement and theory from economics, describe sustainability and waste debates with attribution, and distinguish consumption from purchasing, production and the medical sense.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain consumption as an economic and social activity, relay measurement and theory from economics, describe sustainability and waste debates with attribution, and distinguish consumption from purchasing, production and the medical sense.

The use of goods and services by households and individuals to satisfy needs and wants, the final stage of economic activity that accounts for most spending in many economies, studied in economics as consumer spending and in sociology as consumer culture, with concerns about overconsumption, waste of resources, energy and public money, excess packaging such as overwrap, and the movement for sustainable consumption and consumer behaviour.

What it is for: Satisfying needs and wants.

It can be explain the concept and measurement; relay economic theory; describe sustainability debates; distinguish senses.

Distinguishing features

Final use

Largest GDP component

Cultural dimension

Sustainability concern

What it looks like

Not a visible object; spending and use of goods and services.

Physical character

household consumption share of GDP: about 50-70 percent - many economies

How it is recognised

Use of goods and services by consumers

Household spending, consumer culture, sustainable consumption

Purchasing is the transaction; production is the supply side; consumption as tuberculosis is a historical term

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms, though use follows purchase

purchasing

is measured in - as final consumption expenditure

national accounts

is studied by - in economics

consumer theory

is contrasted with - the supply side

production

In practice

Families and kinds

household and government consumption in national accounts

durable and non-durable goods and services

consumer culture and conspicuous consumption

overconsumption and waste of resources, energy and public funds

sustainable consumption and behaviour

packaging issues such as overwrap

Standards and regulation

National accounts standards (SNA 2008)

Consumer protection law

UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 on responsible consumption

Packaging and waste regulations

Failure modes and hazards

Overconsumption and waste

Confusing consumption with spending or purchase

Moralising without attribution

Stale statistics

Also called

waste of resourceswaste of taxeswaste of energyOverwrapsustainable consumptionsustainable consumer behaviourGreen consumptiondrug usewater consumptionmap consumptiondomestic consumptionsocial media usemusic consumptionconspicuous consumptionpornography consumption by adolescentsenergy consumptioncollaborative consumptionfinal consumptionThe consumer ideal in the USSRConspicuous conservationconsumer spendingfood consumptionmedia consumptionexperiential consumptiongas consumptionenergy consumption of Switzerlandfuel consumptionCar speed and energy consumptiontelevision consumption

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.consumption-act

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What consumption is.

Economics.

Definition

Definition and measurement.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is consumption, and how is it measured in national accounts? definition
  2. Is the question about economic consumption, purchasing or another sense? boundary

Theory

Consumer theory.

Theory

Theory.

  1. How do economists model consumption, from utility maximisation to the permanent income hypothesis? provenance
  2. Which entry fits consumer theory? action
Society Consumer culture.

Attribution.

Culture

Consumer culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How do sociologists analyse consumer culture and conspicuous consumption, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Behaviour

Consumer behaviour.

Behaviour

Behaviour.

  1. What does research say about consumer behaviour and its drivers? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Sustainability Sustainability and waste.

Attribution.

Overconsumption

Overconsumption and waste.

Overconsumption

Overconsumption.

  1. What do reports say about overconsumption, waste of resources and energy, and packaging such as overwrap, with attribution? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

Sustainable

Sustainable consumption.

Sustainable

Sustainable.

  1. What policies and practices promote sustainable consumption, and how effective are they, as studies find? provenance
  2. Which entry fits sustainable consumption? action
Context Data and history.

Context.

Data

Statistics.

Data

Data.

  1. What are current consumption figures for a given economy, from official sources? measurement
  2. Is the figure current and sourced? boundary

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did mass consumption develop, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of consumerism? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should sustainable consumption be a separate primary entry?
  • How should national accounts sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming waste categories and a packaging term; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON