Default Quote by James Howard Kunstler

The center of our economic revival we'll be fixing our really horrendous, one-way street, horrible trade deals.

— Donald Trump

We have reached a point where the value we do add to our economy is now being outweighed by the value we are removing,…

— Paul Hawken

With its array of gadgets and machines, all powered by energies that are destructive of land or air or water, and connected to work,…

— Wendell Berry

Distressed properties are often vacant and in disrepair, and thus sold at significant discounts. As the share of distressed sales grows, home prices fall.

— Mark Zandi

If we attempt to preserve the consumer economy indefinitely, ecological forces will dismantle it savagely. If we proceed to dismantle it gradually ourselves, we…

— Alan Thein Durning

“When nothing is valued for what it is, everything is destined to be wasted. Once the values of things refer only to their future…

— Wendell Berry

Clothing sales plummet, rent delinquencies mount and even grocery sales shrink as gamblers, having tapped out their entertainment budgets, dip into dollars set aside…

— John Warren Kindt

“the desperate need to get back to normal housing and other living conditions stimulated increased efforts. But this does not mean that property destruction…

— Henry Hazlitt

I think when every household in almost every neighborhood can produce what it needs without going through the market, we're going to undergo a…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly…

— Ben Bernanke

Too often in the past, Virginia has been presented with a false choice between saving our environment and growing our economy. The growing market…

— Glenn Youngkin

Downsizing itself is an inevitable part of any creatively destructive economy.

— James Surowiecki