consumerism

consumerism
    n 1: the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is
         economically beneficial
    2: a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of
       consumers
    

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "consumerism":
      buy, buying, buying power, buying up, catalog buying, coemption,
      consumer power, consumer sovereignty, cornering, emption,
      hire purchase, impulse buying, installment buying,
      mail-order buying, marketing, money illusion, purchase, purchasing,
      purchasing power, rebuying, repurchase, shopping, shopping spree,
      window-shopping