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Did you enjoy your holiday season? If so, you're clearly out of step
with the nation, because it turns out Holiday 2002 was a "failure,"
according to no lesser authorities than CNBC, the Wall Street
Journal, and Alan Greenspan. It would seem Americans just didn't
spend enough on gifts and vacations at the end of the year. Some of
us, though, think that's good news. Eric Brown of the Center for a
New American Dream writes in our Soapbox section that perhaps 2002
will become known as the year Americans started questioning the
all-but-inescapable mandate to consume. That change in attitude may
result in gloom-and-doom stories in the newspaper and dire
predictions about the future of life as we know it. But don't be
fooled: Less holiday consumption is good for our quality of life and
good for our environment. Read about Brown's idea of holiday
success, only on the Grist Magazine website.
only in Grist: It's time Americans hit the brakes on consumption --
by Eric Brown in Soapbox
http://www.gristmagazine.com/soapbox/brown010803.asp?source=daily
Since some of you enjoyed hating the holidays along with me, I thought you might like this.
Did you enjoy your holiday season? If so, you're clearly out of step
with the nation, because it turns out Holiday 2002 was a "failure,"
according to no lesser authorities than CNBC, the Wall Street
Journal, and Alan Greenspan. It would seem Americans just didn't
spend enough on gifts and vacations at the end of the year. Some of
us, though, think that's good news. Eric Brown of the Center for a
New American Dream writes in our Soapbox section that perhaps 2002
will become known as the year Americans started questioning the
all-but-inescapable mandate to consume. That change in attitude may
result in gloom-and-doom stories in the newspaper and dire
predictions about the future of life as we know it. But don't be
fooled: Less holiday consumption is good for our quality of life and
good for our environment. Read about Brown's idea of holiday
success, only on the Grist Magazine website.
only in Grist: It's time Americans hit the brakes on consumption --
by Eric Brown in Soapbox
http://www.gristmagazine.com/soapbox/brown010803.asp?source=daily
Since some of you enjoyed hating the holidays along with me, I thought you might like this.