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Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until times get tough, when they quickly give them up.
Donella Meadows
Donella Meadows
Born: Mar 13, 1941
Died: Feb 20, 2001

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People, Tough, Out, Seduced, Give, Consumers, Development, Unsustainable, Until, Up, Quickly, Times, Get, Tinsel, Them, Produces, Products, Growth, Things, Buying, Need

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