We do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on thrift and care…

Wendell Berry
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We do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste. An economy based on waste is inherently and hopelessly violent, and war is its inevitable by-product. We need a peaceable economy. ✨ Wendell Berry (2001). In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World
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