Consumerism

The lifestyle of Apostolos Lytras, marked by conspicuous consumption including luxury vehicles such as Ferraris and Porsches, has generated significant controversy in Greece, particularly in light of his substantial declared tax payments of €50,000

One of the happiest countries in the world dangerously flirts with antidepressant overconsumption

France's parliament has backed a string of measures making low-cost fast fashion, especially from Chinese mass producers, less attractive to buyers.

The vote makes France the first country in the world "legislating to limit the excesses of ultra fast fashion", said Christophe Bechu, minister for the ecological transition.

Pope Francis on Monday assailed the "insatiable greed" of today's consumerism, calling on people in his Christmas homily to make "sharing and giving" more a part of their live, reports AFP. 

"Mankind became greedy and voracious," the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics said in an address to thousands of followers in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.