Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
économies de consommation
English translation:
consumer capitalism
French term
[cycle/phase des] économies de consommation
C’est autour de 1950 que se met en place le nouveau cycle des **économies de consommation**, la phase 2, qui va se prolonger jusqu’à la fin des années 70. Cette deuxième phase s’identifie avec ce qu’on appelle la société de consommation de masse […]
Nous ne sommes plus dans la bonne vieille société de consommation qui a bercé notre jeunesse, nous sommes dans ce que je propose d’appeler la société d’hyperconsommation, la troisième phase des **économies de consommation**. Six traits principaux caractérisent cette nouvelle configuration sociale-économique.
Would this just be « consumer economy »?
Why is he using “economies” in the plural? le nouveau cycle de l’économie de la consummation (btw, This can’t be anything to do with making savings, as what he is describing is just the opposite – the increase in consumption in all areas.)
“It was around 1950 that the new consumer economy cycle took root…” It doesn’t sound quite right to me.
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gsloane
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| 4 +2 | cycle/phase of consumer economies |
B D Finch
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| 4 +1 | consumption-driven economies |
rkillings
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Proposed translations
consumerism
cycle/phase of consumer economies
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-18 22:32:14 GMT)
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No, it has absolutely nothing to do with making savings; he is talking economic theory!
consumption-driven economies
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Midland Productions
: Good term, but it doesn't cover exactly the cycle/phase part. I know. I meant writing "cycle/phase" in the answer :).
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That's the consumer-society mass-consumption phase ... which doesn't happen in investment-driven economies. :-)
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