Thoughts from the Zeitgeist The Problem Isn’t Scarcity—It’s Excess Forty years ago, Gary Trudeau published what is now a classic Doonesbury cartoon in which he poked fun at the American penchant for conspicuous consumption. In the comic, a newly adopted Vietnamese baby looks at the huge plate of food served by her American parents and thinks, “This is positively obscene!” Today’s equivalent falls into […] Written by BPH July 14, 2016October 26, 2020
