Why is a lower standard of living unimaginable for us for a while? Why is it essential that income keeps rising? Why can't we do more with less?...
This is why our problem is not just economic; it's spiritual. We have mistaken consuming for living.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Consumption = Life?
I'm passing along a reference from my friend's very good blog, Thoughts in the Days of an Economist, from Andrew Sullivan on the economy:
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Hey - thanks for the prop! But isn't it true? People are freakin' out because they can't spend as much. They should read "Who Moved My Cheese." Ha-ha! May be this will restore what's really important in life. People will learn how to eat less or make their own stuff. Jarring could become the new in!
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