Is there something better than consumerism?

Here's an interesting article written by Amitai Etzioni for The New Republic and reprinted in Utne Reader, on the subject of society getting too weighed down in consumerism.

One might not agree with all his conclusions, but he does a good job of describing what he calls the "social disease" of consuming beyond need and the suffering that results.

Here's the link:

"Get Rich Now. The economy will never be the same. It’s time to rethink our definition of “the good life.”