Why Does the Theory Focus on Production Rather Than on Consumption?

Treadmill Theory At Its Core was a political-economic theory: it focused first on the distribution of power (Lukes 1974) to influence societal production. From there, Schnaiberg added the focus on the distribution of opportunities and costs presented in this new production system, for workers, managers, and investors. The focus then expanded to trace how this distribution of power and impotence affected both the ecological systems in which communities were embedded and the economic, social, and biological conditions of workers.