Living on Less, Liking it More

Already back in 1976, Maxine Hancock wrote a book entitled, Living on Less and Liking it More. She eloquently made the case that the quality of one’s life is not dependent upon acquiring more stuff, but rather in modest living, sharing good things and looking out for one another.

That same year, Gary Becker published The Economic Approach to Human Behavior. In his book he sought to prove that all human behavior is guided by the same self-centered greed that underlies economic capitalism. For this discovery, Becker received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1992. In other words, the brightest minds on the planet agreed that selfishness is what makes the world go round.

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Earth Overshoot Day Fell on August 22

This year Earth Overshoot day fell on August 22. August 22 is the day some scientists have calculated that we, the inhabitants of the earth, have consumed as much this year as the planet can produce in a whole year.

What does Earth Overshoot mean? Consider a monetary analogy.

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Efficiency: Surely this is a Good Thing

Surely the advent of more efficient electric lights ought to be hailed as a great step forward for energy conservation, since lighting consumes a hefty 6.5 percent of the world’s energy supply.

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Stimulus – When Will We Pay for It?

As we wait for our government to devise its next stimulus package, a stimulus intended to help us all cope with the fallout of the corona virus pandemic, we all wonder what more our government can do. We also wonder where the money to finance all the support payments, whether to individuals or to business, is to come from.

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Affluenza: Where is the Vaccine?

Af•flu•en•za: 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling resulting from trying to buy all the latest stuff and keep up with the Joneses. 2. An unsustainable addiction to consumption and economic growth without regard for the consequences to our families, communities or the environment.

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