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	<title><![CDATA[An Economy Based On Consumerism Is Not Sustainable]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-slater/an-economy-based-on-consu_b_144930.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It's time to face the brutal facts. Consumerism rests on the assumption that the economy will grow and grow forever and pay for any excesses we allow ourselves today. But infinite growth is incompatible with a finite planet, finite resources, a finite ecology. Infinite growth is cancer.</p>

<p>At some point, boys and girls, the 'economy' has to stop growing. We're already drowning in landfill -- present and future. We're committing ecological suicide. That's nature's solution: 'get rid of the pesky humans'....</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-12-20T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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