material goods

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About one-third pointed to spending on experiences, and 13% chose spending on material goods.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

But perhaps the biggest impact of de-influencing is how it’s reshaping our relationship with money and material goods.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

Giving Tuesday’s arrival days after Thanksgiving and Black Friday snaps us out of the funk brought on by consumption of food and material goods at peak levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

In their 1972 book, “The Limits to Growth,” the researchers warned that unless humankind changed the way it used and consumed material goods on a global scale, civilization would likely collapse before 2070.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Our only material goods from the outside world of late were comic books, which my sisters cherished like Marco Polo’s spices from China, and powdered eggs and milk, to which we felt indifferent.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver