Consumer culture

Shopping malls have had a huge impact on consumer culture. Shown in the picture is the Mall of America, one of the largest malls in the US.

Consumer culture describes a lifestyle hyper-focused on spending money to buy material or goods. It is often attributed to, but not limited to, the capitalist economy of the United States. During the 20th century, market goods came to dominate American life, and for the first time in history, consumerism had no practical limits. Consumer culture has provided affluent societies with alternatives to tribalism and class war.

Consumer culture began to increase rapidly during the extreme economic growth of the Roaring Twenties[1] .The challenge for the future is to find ways to revive the valid portion of the culture of constraint and control the overpowering success of the twentieth century.[2]

  1. ^ Higgs, Kerryn. "How the world embraced consumerism". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. ^ "An All-Consuming Century | Columbia University Press". Columbia University Press. Retrieved 2018-11-13.