What Happens If We All Stopped Shopping?

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Heard On The Morning Show
Black Friday shoppers at Walmart
Customers leave a Walmart store in Bentonville, Arkansas, with their Black Friday items on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. Gunnar Rathbun/AP Photo

The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic gave us a glimpse of what the world would be like if we simply bought less. But what if we stopped altogether? The author of “The Day The World Stops Shopping” explains the effects of ending consumerism on the environment, the economy and society.

Episode Credits

  • J. Carlisle Larsen Host
  • Angelo Bautista Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • J.B. MacKinnon Guest

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