About the TalkFor many years consumption has driven the engine of global capitalism. In the recent financial crisis, we continue to see the Wests leading economists and policy makers urging Asia to consume more to help save the global economy. This view, shaped by conventional wisdom, refuses to acknowledge both the undesirable effects of consumption and the limits to growth.In Consumptionomics: Asias role in reshaping capitalism and saving the planet, Chandran Nair, argues that this conventional view needs to be replaced by a more rational approach to such challenges, and offers ideas as to possible solutions