Thomas M. Anderson » Budgeting http://thomasmanderson.com Writer, reader, runner Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:19:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Learning to Be an Un-Consumer http://thomasmanderson.com/learning-to-be-an-un-consumer/ http://thomasmanderson.com/learning-to-be-an-un-consumer/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:01:00 +0000 Thomas M. Anderson http://thomasmanderson.com/?p=151

John Perry, 44, a marketing manager, co-founded The Compact, a group that avoids unnecessary consumption. Two years later, it has more than 8,000 followers.

From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance:

Question: How did The Compact begin? Perry: Over dinner, nine friends and I decided to go an entire year without buying anything new besides food, medicine and hygiene products. If we needed anything else, we would borrow it or buy it secondhand.

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