Puts forward a different way to think about the things we buy, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the money that pays for it all. The author shows that the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.

For those who worry about environmental threats, he offers a route out of the worst of those problems; for those who wonder if there isn't something more to life than buying, he provides the insight to think about one's life as an individual and as a member of a larger community. McKibben offers a realistic, if challenging, scenario for a hopeful future. As he so eloquently shows, the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.