Translation of "Konsumrausch" in English

Consumerism at its best, especially for those who can afford it.

Don't think that this shopping frenzy is limited to physical stores.

The consumption binge superficially satisfies deeply buried feelings, such as mindfulness and respect.

Binge-buying is becoming a cult, Avvenire laments:

Evoking the dangers of excessive consumption and credit bubbles oversimplifies this phenomenon, however.

Prospects for America’s consumption binge continuing are also bleak.

First and foremost, America’s government and consumers have been engaged in a never-ending consumption binge.

In this type of consumption intoxication, a distorted form of the general need of emancipation can undoubtedly be recognized.

People are in a frenzy of the material goods.

Surely you do not mean to tell me that you would have a problem if someone somewhere did something about annuities or the international speculators throwing hot money around on the stock exchange, or even about the excessive wealth and the frantic consumption of our inflated upper middle classes.

When investment spending does not budge, they recommend that we turn “excess” saving into another consumption binge.

Both partners took the relationship for granted and pushed unbalanced growth models too far – the US with its asset and credit bubbles that underpinned a record consumption binge, and China with an export-led resurgence that was ultimately dependent on America’s consumption bubble.

As a result, refinancing of mortgages will grind to a halt, leaving no money to draw out of housing to sustain Americans’ consumption binge.

During the era of Ponzi-style growth, capital flows were channeled by commercial banks into a frenzy of consumption and by the state into an orgy of suspect procurement and outright profligacy.

It is one thing to borrow to make an investment, which strengthens balance sheets; it is another thing to borrow to finance a vacation or a consumption binge.

In some countries, most notably the US, a private-sector credit boom created jobs in low-skilled industries like construction, and precipitated a consumption boom as people borrowed against overvalued houses.

Catch your breath and continue your retail frenzy at other shopping malls just a short walk away in the Marina Bay precinct, such as Marina Square, Millenia Walk, Raffles City Shopping Centre and Suntec City .

The personal experiences she gathered from travelling in India and Africa are brought to bear on the issue of fertility and population control in Sex and Destiny (1984), in which she not only faults scientists, medical doctors and psychologists, but also western women who don't even know what is meant by their slogan of "sisterhood," as they continue to buy into consumerism while globally poverty is being feminized.

Many consumers aren’t even aware of the buying frenzy of the past 30 years. Due to lots and quickly earned money, many lived more according to the principal of lifestyle and of how ‘one’ ought to live and not so much after the principals arising from a cultural setting and the comprehension of one’s own personality.

Given that the U.S. economy is so heavily reliant on conspicuous consumption, it will slowly be replaced by those of Europe, India, and China.

The curator and filmmaker Marcel Schwierin has compiled a short film programme which reflects on conflicting currents of the 1950s: martialistic films – obviously influenced by the war-reels – get together with a hysterically joyous consumption rush, distrustful propaganda, spies, atomic fatalism, conquest to outer space, hope for peace and science devoutness.

In the Advent season some people may be wondering how to escape the pre-Christmas shopping frenzy and instead may get meaningful Christmas presents.

Deep-seated cravings are countered with clichés – and “shopping” has long since become a leisure activity, with “shopping frenzies” defined as an illness, treated in therapy sessions.