Among other things, Lord Skidelsky thinks shorter working hours, higher taxes on consumption and less advertising might provide a way to do it.
Various government agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs) are working together to campaign against ivory consumption in the hopes that driving down demand will reduce or eliminate the incentive for poaching.
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These households will arrive at retirement with insufficient wealth to maintain the average level of consumption enjoyed over their working life, let alone the increased standard of living enjoyed after the children leave.
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Although the U.S. hasn't approved Chinese chicken for human consumption, the USDA is working with China to lift that ban.
The move by the commodity-consuming juggernaut China was not a big surprise, as its monetary officials are working to control inflation by curtailing domestic consumption.
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So computer architects and researchers are working on new ways to bring PC heat and power consumption down--and improve performance in the process.
The end goal is to provide natural human control over TV-based media consumption, said Berenson, who's working to get cameras in TVs themselves sometime late next year.
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They have been working towards them for so long that nothing they say for public consumption should be taken literally.
Economic growth and prosperity for working people and the middle class does not stem from increased spending and consumption.
Energy experts from Royal Dutch Shell in London to consulting firms working with industry on emission reductions said that people have yet to change their behavior when it comes to energy consumption.
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