Sustainable production and consumption matter immensely to the people I meet every day as head of the International Trade Centre, which works with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them boost growth and job creation by improving their competitiveness and connecting to international markets.
A Big Mac – the communion wafer of consumption.
Although the United States cannot unilaterally lower the price of oil, it can reduce its consumption by using oil more efficiently and by developing alternative sources of fuel.
There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.
When I looked at it and did my homework on this issue, I concluded that a flat tax is better than a consumption tax.
Most European countries fund their low corporate taxes with some form of a value-added tax, on consumption rather than income.
If schooling becomes little more than preparation for the job market and consumption, it cannot produce socially responsible and altruistic citizens.
And almost half of American oil consumption is for motor vehicles.
Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.
