Living well in modern times

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her litetime. By 1990 this
number was up to 308,368,
as time spent working at the
office and at hame has
declined. Also, thanks to
technological advance and
increased productivity, the
products and services we
enjoy last longer, and costs,
measured in hours of work
required to purchase, have,
_for the most part, drastically
declined over time. So much

stuck on a gerbil wheel of liv-

ing to work, and working to
spend.

Certainly modern lite can
be hectic, but compared to
the generations before us we

This is due ta

to embrace
technology and change, as
well as the generally high
level of economic freedom
found in developed nations. -
We should not be emulating
the consumption patterns of
the Third World; they should
be emulating the institutional

structures that have allowed
US TO prosper.

After even a cursory
examination of the tenants
behind the “Buy Nothing
Day” campaign, it is easy to
conclude that they are selling
nothing but emp rhetoric.
The best recommendation
tor their campaign? Don’t
buy their flawed message.

— Dexter Samida is a
research economist at The
Fraser Tustitute, a Vanconver-
based economic research orga-
nization.

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