From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/economy/153553/goodbye_%27shop_til_you_drop%27_mentality%3A_renegade_band_of_economists_call_for_%27degrowth%27_economy/ The road to prosperity and happiness doesn’t lead to the shopping mall, as most economists would have you believe. By Christine MacDonald December 23, 2011 In this country, shopping is not just a national pastime. Consumer spending, which makes up about 70 percent of the economy, is a sort of patriotic [...]![]()
