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By Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the author of many books, including The End of Nature and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future.

Here’s the thing about “capitalism”: in our fixated belief that it represents the way God ordained the universe to be, we forget what powers it. I don’t mean the invisible hand—I mean the coal, the gas, and the oil.

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SEE ALSO: Alternative agriculture; Capitalism; Energy policy; Farmers' markets; Financial crises; Food industry and trade
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November 2009

FINAL EDITION
Twilight of the American Newspaper
By Richard Rodriguez

THE INTELLIGENCE FACTORY
How America Makes Its Enemies Disappear
By Petra Bartosiewicz

PROSPEROUS FRIENDS
A story by Christine Schutt

Also: Frederick Seidel and Mark Kingwell

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