Archaeologists tell us that consumer activity and monetary transactions took place as early as three or four thousand years ago, but it was not until the last century that the consumer protection movement originated in the U.S. and gradually spread elsewhere.
根據考古學者研究，人類早在三、四千年前就有用貨幣購物的消費行為，但直到一百年前，保護消費者的運動才在美國起源，並慢慢傳開。