On AlterNet: consumer spending

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Forget Holiday Sales -- Struggling Retailers May Turn to Defense Contracts to Keep From Going Under

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. December 16, 2008.

With the consumer economy on the skids, civilian companies may turn their attention to making products for the Pentagon.

The Age of Unbridled Consumption Just Ended

Lisa Wise, DELETED. October 3, 2008.

The economic crisis, however painful, will lead to at least one positive outcome.

The Battered American Consumer: Even the Upper-Middle Class Is Feeling Economic Pain

Kathleen Connell, Christian Science Monitor. August 20, 2008.

Consumer spending is starting to play a lesser role in our economy, as households -- even wealthy ones -- downsize their lifestyles.

Celebrate "Buy Nothing Day" [VIDEO]

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny!. November 23, 2007.

Today's action is just a 24-hour moratorium on consumer spending. I think if I've gone for 37 or 38 years without a Coke or Pepsi, I can certainly handle that.