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This work investigates how contemporary society is facing challenges relating toexisting economic imbalances between individuals and between countries. It discussesinitially the global wealth distribution to , following , discuss the effects of globalizationand the predominant characteristics of contemporary individuals , components of theconsumer society . It asks , in this context ,if the characteristics of the consumersociety and the globalization phenomenon leverage this social event. It is reflected atthe end, the possibility of building a common global paradigm of global citizenship thatcan minimize the deleterious effects arising from the current economic system and thecharacteristics of the consumer society.