‘How I Quit Shopping’

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It seems almost beside the point to tell people to shop less right now. For the most part, buying stuff isn’t what makes us broke; it’s the cost of health care, education, rent, child care — things we don’t have much control over, at least individually. But still, could we all use fewer things and more money? Probably. Enter No New Things, a new book by Ashlee Piper, a sustainability consultant who cut back on her shopping drastically over a decade ago.