It’s Potlatch Season—The Celebration Of All Things Material
From The Daily Capitalist
December 24, 2012 - 7:25pm
Is gift giving during Christmas and Hanukkah a wasteful practice by which we just crave status from friends and family? Is it a harmless, even joyful, practice to bestow goodwill and joy on the ones we love? Is it a giant commercial venture by which retailers encourage us to part with dollars in an orgy [...]
December 24, 2012 - 7:25pm
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