Archive for the ‘consumerism’ Category

Measuring what really matters

This TED talk really gets down to it. “It” being the fact that we (in our modern societies) tend to measure things that really don’t make us happy. Good stuff. Watch.

June 23, 2010 · Bob · One Comment
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Interview with Juliet Schor

This is a must-listen interview with author Juliet Schor, that appeared on public radio. Check it out here — click the Listen tab.

June 4, 2010 · Bob · No Comments
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Retiring Early

As longtime (heh heh) readers of this blog will know, I have written a few posts about money, consumerism, the cost of cars, and stuff like that. Well, this morning Everett Bogue had an interesting tweet, with a pointer to a blog about how to retire early.  Even if you don’t want to retire early, I [...]

June 2, 2010 · Bob · 2 Comments
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Cost of Living over the last generation

According to Richard Florida, in his latest book “the Great Reset“, over the last half century: 1)The amount of money the average American family spends on housing and cars has doubled from 22 percent to 44 percent of its budget, and… 2)The money a family must devote to healthcare has risen threefold, from 5.2 percent [...]

May 19, 2010 · Bob · No Comments
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Steps to avoid the Chaos Economy

Saw this story about our economy roaring back to life on the basis of increased consumer spending today. As a human being stuck existing within this economy, I have mixed feelings about this. I realize that people’s livelihoods are wrapped up in our consumer economy. That is simply the reality. When we stop wasting our [...]

April 30, 2010 · Bob · One Comment
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