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responsible consumption  

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  • Responsible consumption is a new concept that is just starting to emerge within theoretical and policy-relevant discussions, as well as within wider popular debates, about how to rethink consumer behavior in the light of key events in the early twenty-first century: most notably, the global recession of 2009 and global climate change. As such, it is a little early to offer any final word on what this concept will ultimately come to signify in analyses of consumer culture. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Responsible Consumption]

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