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Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela129. Author J.B. MacKinnon on Stopping ShoppingJ.B. MacKinnon is a Vancouver-based author, journalist, and professor.His book The Day the World Stops Shopping operates on a simple thesis: gaming out how society, economies, and our lives would change if consumer culture disappeared overnight. When the global pandemic shutdown happened in 2020, suddenly the thesis had a real world example.J.B. joins Heath to discuss intentional consumerism inspired by Indigenous people in the Kalahari and Amish Pennsylvanians, consuming quality over quantity, and the simple pleasures of eating seasonally.J.B. is also the author of books right in the...2024-08-1550 min