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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Excessive demand for goods in capitalist systems

Excessive demand for goods in capitalist systems

  • Excess demand for goods in capitalism

Broader

Profiteering
Presentable
Consumerism
Presentable
Conflicting roles of commodities in capitalism
Presentable
Capitalism
Presentable
Excess
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Unproductivity of capitalist systems
Presentable
Unethical consumption practices
Presentable
Unbridled competition in capitalist systems
Presentable
Natural resource depletion due to high-level consumption
Presentable
Increase in product transport distances
Presentable
Exploitation in capitalist systems
Presentable
Economic conflict
Presentable
Distortion of international trade by dumping
Presentable
Abuse of science and technology in capitalism
Presentable
Lack of social conscience
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Conflicting roles of money in capitalist systems
Presentable

Reduced by

Inadequate demand for primary commodities because of rising living standards
Presentable

Value

Overdemand
Yet to rate
Excess
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Merchandise
  • Cybernetics » Systems
  • Metapolitics » Political theories
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C3116
    DOCID
    11331160
    D7NID
    142935
    Last update
    May 19, 2022