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Wartość współczesnej konsumpcji

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Herman A.

Kwartalnik Nauk o Przedsiębiorstwie

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2015

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vol. 35

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issue 2

4-5

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On the centenary of the Professor Maximilian Pohorille birth, the author reminds the achievements of Professor in this topic research. Shows new trends and related economic and social problems, that have emerged in the area of changes in the actual value of consumption, by changing the same consumption content and functions

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Z okazji stulecia urodzin Profesora Maksymiliana Pohorillego, autor wspomina dorobek Profesora w tym temacie badawczym. Pokazuje nowe trendy i związane z nimi problemy ekonomiczne i społeczne w rzeczywistej wartości konsumpcji, zmieniające treść i funkcje samej konsumpcji.

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Estetyzacja pracy w świecie konsumpcji

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Rogoziecki R.

Estetyka i Krytyka

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2012

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issue 1(24)

169-181

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In globalized world the productive work is pushed on the margin of civilized world, to the states of third world. In the place of productive work has occurred work as aesthetic activity. Subjective counterpart of aesthticisazation of reality in a consumer society is appearance of new type of human being – homo easthticus. In the world of consumer society work is subjected to aesthticisization process as well and becomes one of many consumer goods. Aesthticisization of work in the world of abundance consists in the fact that work is not so far aimed at production of goods and satisfaction of basic human needs but rather at creation of an individual as focus of needs, which has a potential to feel pleasure, especially the aesthetic one. So work becomes not the way of satisfaction human needs but rather the way of their reproduction.

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Globalizing Locations: Production-Consumption Relations in the Hip-hop Movement in Brazil and Portugal

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de Souza A. M.

International Review of Social Research

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2012

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vol. 2

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issue 1

77-92

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This article is part of the ethnography for the doctoral thesis in social anthropology, in which the fieldwork was conducted in Greater Lisbon and Greater Florianópolis on the hip hop Movement. This analysis addresses two rap styles, Rap Creole, in Lisbon, made predominantly by Cape Verdeans and Angolans immigrants, and in Florianópolis, rap de quebrada, a form of expression of the population, mostly black residents, of the periphery. In both rap styles can be perceived the development of an aesthetics that becomes outlined in the tension between the individual and the collective, the global and the local. Based on the styles mentioned here, I reflect on consumption relations that create networks and flows among the hip hop movement in different urban spaces, creating a kind of parallel globalization among the peripheries, but remaking itself in a variety of cultural contexts.

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‘I am not Spending on my Appearance’! Examining Self-Evaluated Low-Level Consumers of Clothing and Beauty Care in Finland, 1999–2009

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Sarpila O.

International Review of Social Research

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2012

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vol. 2

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issue 2

53-72

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The purpose of this study is to analyse consumers whose identity is not based on appearance-related consumption, but who want distance themselves from consumers willing to spend on physical appearance. The article examines importance of gender, age and place of residence in explaining self-evaluated low-level consumption of beauty care and clothing, and how the proportions of these consumers have changed between socio-demographic groups. The data consists of three cross-sectional consumption and lifestyle surveys collected in 1999 (N = 2 417), 2004 (N = 3 574) and 2009 (N = 1 202). The results suggest that a significant part of Finnish consumers do not consider beauty care or clothing consumption to be a part of their identity. The results indicate some temporal changes in Finnish consumers’ beauty care consumption evaluations. It seems that gender differences have been relatively stable, whereas disparities between consumers of different ages as well as urban and rural consumers have diminished.

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Wpływ transformacji systemowej na warunki bytu polskich gospodarstw domowych

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Rudnicki L.

Zeszyty Naukowe Małopolskiej Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomicznej w Tarnowie

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2006

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issue 1(9)

9-24

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Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie wpływu transformacji systemowej na sytuację materialną polskich gospodarstw domowych i ich konsumpcję. Autor omawia także zmiany zachodzące w warunkach mieszkaniowych i w wyposażeniu tych gospodarstw w dobra trwałego użytku.

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Transformations taking place in the Polish economy over the last fifteen years, including transition from the economy centrally manager to the market one gave rise to significant changes in the existence of households. The transition process from the market economy seriously affected Polish households. The marketisation of economy and its privatisation led to fundamental changes in two economic dimensions of the society's existence - in the sphere of work and that of consumption. The results of systemic transformation manifested themselves in the impoverishment of households and huge unemployment, which gave rise to an increase in the level of their consumption and limited the opportunities and level of satisfying the needs of Polish households. The author of the article presents the influence of the systemic transformation on the financial situation of Polish households and their consumption. Furthermore, he discusses changes appearing in housing conditions and those in providing these households with long-lasting goods.

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MEASURING CONSUMERISM: ATTITUDES TOWARD HOUSING OF LITHUANIAN LARGEST CITIES INHABITANTS

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Segalovicius A.

Sociālo Zinātņu Vēstnesis

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2018

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issue 1

7-14

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The paper reveals attitudes of Lithuanian largest cities inhabitants towards housing with respect to consumerism expression. Consumerism is understood as a human desire, intention, and willingness to consume. In the case of consumerism – desire and intention to consume is of crucial importance, because it is based on an assumption that not an actual consumption power and actual consumption in general but an orientation towards consumption constitutes consumerism. Thus all men have a certain degree of consumerism (as consumer culture prevails in modern societies) but humans differ in the intensity / strength of consumerism expression. The expression of consumerism is taken as an analytical instrument to deal with the attitudes towards housing. Consumerism operationalization is based on consumer culture features – materialistic values, symbolism, commodification, power to consume, well-being and good life. The survey carried out in 2011 and repeated in 2016 brings us an empirical evidence that the attitudes towards housing differ with respect to the expression of consumerism. The fact that features of consumer culture exist in Lithuania enables us to make an assumption that consumerism is recognized in other social contexts in Lithuania.

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Konsumpcja jako źródło alienacji w teorii Szkoły Frankfurckiej

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Iwasiński Ł.

Nowa Krytyka

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2015

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issue 34

209-226

EN

The paper presents in detail the views on consumption of the classics of Frankfurt School: Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, Herbert Marcuse. They argued that in capitalist society not only work, but also the market consumption -– although taken voluntarily and bringing consumers satisfaction -– becomes a source of alienation. They conceived alienation as depriving individuals of some fundamental aspect of humanity (individualism, creative potential, critical thinking). While in Marx’s theory means of production belonged to the capitalist class, which controlled them, on the grounds of Frankfurt School discourse means of consumption are supervised by increasingly anonymous, reified system, whose unwitting creator, and at the same time a victim, is each consumer. In this perspective, all members of capitalist society are subjected to oppressive ideology of consumerism, which is a kind of false consciousness.

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Uwarunkowania konsumpcji i zachowań konsumenckich w Polsce w kontekscie procesu globalizacji

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Sobczyk G.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio H – Oeconomia

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2017

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vol. 51

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issue 2

EN

The paper presents changes in consumption in Polish households occurring in the context of internationalization and globalization of markets. The characteristics, forms and manifestations of consumption’s globalization as well as socio-economic determinants of private consumption and their inflence on the consumption of food products, industrial goods and services were presented. Available statistics of GUS (Central Statistical Office) were used as a source.

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W artykule zaprezentowano zmiany w konsumpcji w sektorze polskich gospodarstw domowych zachodzące w kontekście umiędzynarodowienia i globalizacji rynków. Wskazano na cechy, formy i przejawy globalizacji konsumpcji oraz uwarunkowania społeczno-ekonomiczne spożycia prywatnego i ich wpływ na kształtowanie się tego spożycia produktów żywnościowych, przemysłowych i usług. Wykorzystano źródła dostępnej statystyki GUS.

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Fast Fashion - Updating the Exclusivity of Fashion

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Orzeł B.

Anthropos?

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2019

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issue 28 Elitarne

79-88

EN

In the following article the author considers the meaning of the cathegories of exclusivity, fashion, trend and beauty in the face of fast fashion and consumption. The first part concentrates on the explanation of main concepts and the status of trend ("everything can be fashionable"), "the issue of buying". Afterwards the author analyses the idea of exclusivity and its further connections with aesthetics (considering the popularity of "ugly fashion"). In the light of these circumstances it will be necessary to reassess our picture of obsolescent exclusivity, it will be also important to appreciate the role of sustainable ways of "consuming" fashion.

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Kto co konsumuje i czy wystarczająco dużo: gospodarka i bieda, czyli Nagroda imienia Nobla z dziedziny ekonomii dla Angusa Deatona (2015)

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Ostasiewicz K.

Śląski Przegląd Statystyczny

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2016

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issue 14 (20)

89-110

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In 2015 the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was won by Angus Deaton. He was awarded for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. In this paper we have presented the model of consumption co-authored by Deaton (AID model) in the context of postulated rationality of consumers. Also, Deaton’s research over long-run consumption, global poverty and connected phenomena was shortly discussed. Deaton’s merits in moving the spotlight from aggregated data to individual data was stressed. Additionally, the paper presents some biographical information.

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On Some Narrations in the (Post)Industrial Design Field

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Możdżyński P.

Załącznik Kulturoznawczy

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2014

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issue 1

116-126

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This text examines main narrations of the socio-cultural design field in the postindustrial period. The author starts from the creation of the definition of postindustriality. Next he explores main trends of contemporary design (DIY; eco/social design; design for all senses; design thinking, design for experience). Finally he tries to apply for the interpretation of this topic sociological categories of Jean Baudrillard and George Ritzer, eg.: ‘madness of production’, ‘immaterial consumption’, ‘hiperreality’, ‘simulacra’.

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Selected Aspects of Electricity Consumption in Households

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Bajor M.

Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej. Zarządzanie

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2021

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issue 48

7-17

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Currently, households are faced with the problems of rising electricity prices. Every month, electricity suppliers try to force the Energy Regulatory Office to increase prices as much as possible for individual consumers. The aim of the article below is to indicate that responsible electricity management by means selecting a favourable tariff will largely contribute to lowering the economic bill of a household. During the study, we used our own data on the annual consumption of electricity in a household by the most frequently used appliances, and the current energy prices in the studied tariffs. The most advantageous option is the responsible use of the G12w tariff, supported by one’s own photovoltaic micro-installation. Such a combination guarantees minimal costs resulting from the consumption of electricity.

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Il paradosso della cultura giovanile. Il consumo del corpo

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Stasiak P.

Acta Philologica

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2014

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issue 45

126-133

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Młodzież to szczególna grupa społeczna – kto już do niej nie należy wspomina ją z nostalgią, kto natomiast jest młody przechodzi przez okres pełen niepewności. Co jednak oznacza bycie młodym? Do jakich ram czasowych odnosi się to pojęcie? Artykuł ukazuje rytuały przejścia charakterystyczne dla młodych oraz zwraca uwagę na ich znaczenie w postmodernizmie. Omawiane zachowania znajdują swoje odbicie w powieściach takich autorów, jak Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Giuseppe Culicchia czy Isabella Santacroce. Szczególną uwagę poświęca się zagadnieniu konsumpcji wokół ciała, które jest znaczącym elementem kultury młodzieżowej. Widoczny staje się nacisk, jaki kładzie ponowoczesność na tożsamość młodych ludzi poprzez oddziaływanie w zakresie ubioru oraz dopasowania wyglądu do wymagań społeczeństwa konsumpcyjnego. Pełen sprzeczności, zmieniający się bagaż kulturowy młodych staje się sygnałem do podjęcia refleksji nad zmianami w społeczeństwie.

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Cnota oszczędności a etos konsumpcji

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Lewicka-Strzałecka A.

Prakseologia

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2009

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issue 149

253-263

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The paper offers an interpretation of frugality as a classic virtue and concentrates on its conﬂict with widely promoted postulate to consume as much as possible. It is argued that frugality is not a superﬂuous and anachronistic norm. On the contrary, frugality is a richly relevant standard and important component of sustainable development.

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Koncepcja bogactwa gospodarstw domowych. Szacunki dla Polski

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Zachłod-Jelec M.

Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics

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2008

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vol. 226

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issue 9

19-50

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The author deals with the concept of household wealth and discusses empirical measures of wealth used in consumption functions in relation to the concept of wealth resulting from the theory of consumer choice. To find a middle ground between different measures of household wealth and empirical data, the author proposes a method for building several time series of net assets in the context of the wealth concept derived from the theory of consumer choice. The measure of household wealth constructed on the basis of the proposed method served as a starting point for constructing narrower measures of household wealth. The widest measure of wealth involved private sector net assets, which is the most adequate approach to explaining private consumption, Zachłod-Jelec says. The author uses charts to show the constructed measures of wealth and net asset values published by the Central Statistical Office (GUS). There is also a graphic analysis of the constructed measures of household wealth and consumption based on GUS data. A preliminary analysis of the constructed measures of household/private sector wealth and consumption – in terms of their use in the structural model of the Polish economy – shows that these measures adequately reflect household consumption, Zachłod-Jelec says. She concludes that the ultimate evaluation of the different measures of household wealth should be based on estimating the consumption function with the use of an appropriate time series.

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Zmienność stopy oszczędzania polskich gospodarstw domowych

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Rószkiewicz M.

Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics

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2008

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vol. 225

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issue 7-8

63-79

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The paper examines the relationship between the socioeconomic status and age of savers and saving rates. The analysis is based on the results of two empirical studies carried out in 2004 and 2006 by direct interview method on random samples of 1,305 and 1,320 households respectively. The results of the studies show that the socioeconomic status of savers is a major factor that influences private saving rates. Rószkiewicz has discovered two conflicting trends. In one trend, households with a relatively low socioeconomic status tend to become increasingly big spenders with age. The trend is the stronger the lower is the status of the household head. In another trend, households with a relatively high social status tend to limit consumption with time. This trend increases with the socioeconomic status of the household head.

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Tworzenie zabezpieczenia materialnego w świetle badań polskich gospodarstw domowych

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Rószkiewicz M.

Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics

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2006

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vol. 207

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issue 4

69-85

EN

The article analyzes the implications of consumerism and rampant spending in the context of the pension system reform designed to stimulate saving among households. The author used the results of an empirical study carried out by direct interview on a random sample of 1,305 households at the end of 2004 (with the “no-data” indicator under 13 percent). The results obtained in the survey confirm the Keynesian view that the saving preferences of households and their economic security policies depend on income. Households with relatively higher incomes more often declare possession of spare funds and the possibility of saving. However, the survey also confirmed the accuracy of a view in economic psychology involving unrestrained spending among some groups of society. The study shows that households with incomes sufficient to permit saving generally fall into two categories with different consumption preferences. Households prone to saving and with a higher socioeconomic status-mostly newly established families and those at an advanced stage of family life-usually display a preference for deferred gratification and extended consumption, with a saving rate proportional to income. Such households tend to behave in accordance with the Life-Cycle Hypothesis, with the income factor as the main determinant of the level of saving. The remaining households display a preference for immediate consumption and their saving rate is out of proportion with income. These households generally show no restraint in the management of their financial resources and their behaviors are out of step with the economic theory of saving. They act according to the Behavioral Life-Cycle Hypothesis under which one’s spending and saving preferences are dominated by emotional factors.

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GDP Fluctuation and Changes in Consumption and Investment. Comparative Analysis of Polish Economy and Some Countries of the European Union

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Rydarowska-Kurzbauer J.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2012

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vol. 7

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issue 3

EN

The turn of the century was full of dynamic and multi-dimensional changes in the global economy. The most spectacular phenomena may include financial crises. They exerted influence not only on the economy, in which they appeared, but as a result of deepening of globalization, spread "infecting" others. The purpose of this article was an attempt to find similarities in the dynamics of changes in production and global demand that characterized the economy of the selected European Union countries. The starting point was to show the dynamics of gross domestic product (GDP) in selected countries and to find similarities between them. In the next section, attention was focused on the changes in the two components of aggregate demand: consumption and investment, particularly on their correlation with the rate of change of GDP. For analysis and comparisons, the following economies were selected: the economy of the European Union (represented by the euro zone) and the economy of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Conspicuous consumption in postwar Japan: The case of a rite of passage

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Papp M.

Human Affairs

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2012

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vol. 22

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issue 2

196-213

EN

This paper focuses on a specific aspect of a Japanese rite of passage called Shichigosan. Although its origins go back to premodern Japan, its contemporary pattern truly reflects the modern living conditions of the Japanese. Today the ritual is one of the most popular family celebrations. Commercialization has significantly influenced the pattern of celebration in the postwar period and as a result, consumption practices have become inherent parts of the ritual. The paper examines this development from a historical perspective. Furthermore, it discusses the process through which consumption practices contribute to the event’s significance, not diminishing but rather enhancing its importance in the observers’ eyes. Conspicuous consumption thus becomes a creative two-directional process, one which is sustained by families’ aspirations and desires, and one which is informed by forces emanating from the commercial sector and from the media.

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Zachowania konsumpcyjne seniorów na rynku dóbr i usług

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Bylok F., Częstochowska P.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica

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2013

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vol. 291

EN

In the paper entitled, the subject matter for analysis was deemed to be the consumer behaviour of the elderly. The author in question attempts to answer the following question: What are the specifics of behaviour for senior citizens on the market of goods and services? What factors determine the consumer behaviour of senior citizens to the largest extent? In the search for answers to these questions, analysis has been run on chosen consumer behavioural features. The factors differentiating the market of goods and services for senior citizen consumers have been presented. There is a concentration on the analysis of the chosen classification by indicating the difficulty in building the typology in this category of purchasers. With the aim of outlining the specifics of the categories of older consumers, the results of self research on the consumer behaviour of senior citizens on the market of goods and services have been presented. The economic, social and individual factors which determine the consumer behaviour of older people have been indicated.

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