The Next Big Thing
Published November 11, 2010
Why do people vote against their own interests?
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Against Thrift
Published February 25, 2009
Yes, it’s great to wave goodbye to the $20 martini and the 20,000-square-foot house. But must we use the recession as a fresh excuse for moral self-flagellation?
Thrift is the new abstinence.
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Not Buying It on VPR
Published January 13, 2009
Here’s a nice interview I did with Mitch Wertlieb of Vermont Public Radio. It aired January 13, 2009.
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Save now, buy never
Published November 21, 2008
That’s the headline the Washington Post gave my new piece. Really, it’s fun to shop for holiday gifts. Also nice not to (especially if you’re expecting a pink slip or foreclosure notice). The Sunday Outlook section will — I think — have some funny tips. The big question (not addressed in this piece) looms: now [...]
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Poli Psy: “Don’t moderate, celebrate!”
Published December 20, 2006
I heard Reverend Billy preach the other night at Manhattan’s Cooper Union. His red-hot, red-robed Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir and Not Buying It Band rocked the Great Hall to its vaulted ceilings, mingling with the echoes of rabble-rousers past, from Fredrick Douglas to Emma Goldman to Hugo Chavez. The evening was entitled “Save [...]