Preface: I know next to nothing about economics.
I’ve been hearing much talk in the news about the auto industry and why we need to save it. I’m all for saving jobs and helping people out, but there seems to be something missing.
I have yet to hear any talk that Americans do not need to buy as many new cars as we do or that we should cut back on our consumption (at least from the sources I frequent such as NPR and some major print publications).
In a similar vein, I do not really hear any serious talk about how maybe Americans are just a tad bit consumed with consumerism and should learn to live with less.
The problem is not that we are getting less, but that we expect too much.
