Negative externalities and consumerism

What is a market failure?

• When the market is in crisis

• Lack of efficiency in the assignation of resources

• Things are not going well in the economy

• The worst thing for consumerism

What does it mean "Negative Externalities"

• Something negative out of the market

• The consumers are not consuming well

• A cost caused by a producer that is not received by this producer

• Companies try to have as much profit as they can.

what is the relation between negative externalities and environment?

• The negative externality causes environmental deterioration

• There is no relation between both concepts

• The environment causes negative externalities

• Both concepts are the same

As consumers, if we do unnecessary expenses,

• We are happy because we love to buy things

• This is simply consumerism

• This is simply consumption

• It leads to consumerism and then negative externatilies

The smoke emitted by a chimney of a pharmaceutical industry is

• Noise pollution

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Waste pollution

According to scientific studies, consumers are responsible for more than:

• 50% of water usage

• 20% of water usage

• 80% of water usage

• 10% of water usage

Which is the main cause of deforestation in Amazonas?

• The increase in the building sector

• There are too many trees there

• The increase in the demand of wood furniture

• The increase in meat consumption

What does the "fast fashion"industry cause?

• 20,4% water pollution

  10% of the world’s carbon emissions

  use of polyester (fossil fuel derivative)

• 20,4% production

  10% of the world’s carbon emissions

  use of polyester (fossil fuel derivative)

• 20,4% water pollution

  10% of the world’s GDP

  use of cotton

• 20,4% GDP

  10% of the world’s carbon emissions

  use of cotton

The Malthusian Theory of Population is a theory

of:

• exponential food supply growth and

  arithmetic population growth

• exponential food supply growth and

  exponential population growth

• arithmetic food supply growth and

  arithmetic population growth

• exponential population growth and

  arithmetic food supply growth

What can you do as consumer?

• Over consumption

  Fast fashion

  Clear labels

• Raise awareness

  Demand transparency

  Learn

• Ethic production

  Fast fashion

  Learn

• Raise awareness

  Over consumption

  Ethic behaviour