By the mid-18th century, fireworks were being sold for private consumption.

到了18世纪中期，烟花已经可以供个人消费了。

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Keynes assumes that a person's income depends on the consumption of the product being sold, and by extension believes that by not consuming, one is denying a wage earner a wage.

凯恩斯认定一个人的收入受制于对正在出售的产品的消费。进一步，凯恩斯还相信，一个人不消费，就是拒绝向工资劳动者给付工资。

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In construction, codes are being introduced that reduce energy consumption in new buildings by 50 percent.

在建筑行业，能源守则也被引入，可以使新建建筑中的能源消耗减少50%。

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But the focus is now on smart cards, which would ration subsidised petrol to a few litres a week, with excess consumption being paid for at the cost of imports.

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When you add the costs of borrowing in aggergate to finance imports as a nation, transfer payments to the unemployed, consumption being curtailed, and main street businesses going out, those imported goods are costing us a fortune.

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The changes from mass creation and consumption to niche creation and consumption is being driven by technology, creative passion, and changing consumer culture.

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