Washington Post

Recession Lesson: Share and Swap Replaces Buy and Grab - washingtonpost.com
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The recession is reminding Americans of a lesson they first learned in childhood: Share and share alike. They are sharing or swapping tools and books, cars and handbags, time and talent.


Paul MacLean at 13:02 on 17 July
Ok..so not to get confused here (of course it doesnt take me a whole lot to get me confused), and mind you that these little "lessons", such as goin to the library, isnt such a bad idea, neither is renting or borrowing (perhaps the word "borrowing" needs to be redefined...rolling eyes)...but seriously though, how does this revamp the country's economy?...or do we just keep it at a stalemate?..but the real question is "how do you get citizens to reinvest in their own country's economy again?"...Im quite aware that some American companies have had to pullout of foreign countries...basically to save money...but definitely to get the jobless rate on a downturn...but another thought to ponder is, here in Canada and the UK, we have the same problems...but in some ways (quarky as it may seem) we've figured out that there is no such thing as "credit" anymore...globally speaking, we as people, from everywhere, have abused it...so thereore, it's being taken away!!...sigh!!