Compare: Dave Pollard, Wendell Berry, and C.A. Fitts. Are we seeing the emergence of a new economic commonsense, based on cultivating the human and natural wealth in a community? Liquidate unreal investments, eschew debt, minimize consumption, trade with and loan to friends, buy land, drill a well, support and invest in local agriculture? "Will it last?," asks Yahoo, noting that sales of premium merchandise are down, sales of generics are up, and that people, strapped for cash, are repairing old goods, rather than buying new. What if GDP went down, stocks went down, people did more with less, and the planet took a deeper breath?
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