Steps. 1  1. Figure out how bad it really is. Take the quiz below, adding up every time you answered yes. 2  2. Do not feel bad about not reading the digital avalanche of email, blog posts, or web content. You'll never be caught up and that's okay. 3  3. Don't read everything word for word.
Consumerism as a social and economic order and ideology encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.ance Packard worked to change the meaning of the term consumerism from a positive word about consumer practices to a negative word meaning excessive materialism and waste. The ads for his 1960 book The Waste Makers prominently featured the word consumerism in a negative way.
What is the 'Consumer Confidence Index - CCI' An index by the Conference Board that measures how optimistic or pessimistic consumers are with respect to the economy in the near future. The idea behind the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is that if consumers are optimistic, they tend to purchase more goods and services. This increase in spending inevitably stimulates the whole economy. BREAKING DOWN 'Consumer Confidence Index - CCI' The index is put out the last Tuesday of every month. It is a barometer of the health of the U.S. economy and based on consumers' perception of current business and employment conditions, and expectations of those two plus income for the next six months.