I think all of this "We will never be happy again!" is stupid, ahistorical and hysterical. We will just be easier to please! As if people have be happier with the astounding amount of wealth we have. I don't disagree with Kunstler's facts, but I do disagree with his attitude.

Brian I talk often about how we feel BETTER since the economic slowdown, because the general mood is more reality based. Things have limits. Things don't only go up. After years of waiting for the bottom to fall out, it's a relief, in a way. Here it is. Let's start dealing with it. Rather than running around felling like screaming, "Are you all BLIND?!?!"