Conspicuous consumption and a disregard for saving contributed to the economy’s downturn without necessarily bringing anyone substantial personal fulfillment. Robert Frank argues that a modified tax code could help generate a new “post-consumer prosperity” out of today’s economic wreckage.
Meanwhile, Paul Waldman grieves the decline of print media.
And Robert Kuttner offers 10 policy recommendations oriented toward creating a just economy.
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—The Editors