Rethinking Consumerism

“We have lived through an era where too often short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity, where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election.” — President Obama
What will be the next drive to consume?  It’s our patriotic duty in resulting in a Paradox of Thrift.  Consumerism [...]

It’s not your father’s country anymore…

So Jack Cafferty over at cnn.com has a interesting commentary on the state of the country and how it’s changed over time.  He talks about what was the American dream was back in the early 60s.
I have kicked around longer than most people: I’m 66 years old. I remember well the ’50s and early ’60s, [...]

Rentalisim, the new Consumerisim?

Some people bemoan the death of consumerism as the downfall of our economy.  That if we, as a people, are not willing to spend all our money to acquire things we’re causing this economic strife.  Now let’s set the record straight, we here at Crowd Rent are not against consumerism.  We buy things too!  We [...]