Problem
Pursuit of affluence
Other Names:
Pursuit of affluent living standardsBelief that wealth eliminates all problems
Claim:
The few who live in the overdeveloped countries can only go on enjoying their present resource use if they continue to seek more than their fair share. The goal of development cannot be to rise to the living standards and industrial-consumer economies which the rich countries now have. Broader Problems:
AvariceIllusion of happiness Aggravates:
Personal wealthUnbridled individualismUnbridled greed for moneyShort-term profit maximizationUnnecessary personal consumptionInequitable distribution of wealthIndiscriminate economic developmentDiscredited moneyed hereditary classRecurrence of misapprehended world problemsHabitual overemphasis on national self-determination Strategies:
Living simply Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Subject(s):
Living conditionsValue redistribution
Date of last update
08.05.1998 – 00:00 CEST