Little Hawk told us:

The biggest overall myth that humanity is suffering from right now is the myth that it is necessary to have an ever-expanding economy in order to have a successful society. That is the maddest, stupides, possibly the most self-destructive myth ever perpetrated yet, and it is threatening all life on the planet. Why is it being done? To make money. Period. Just for more money.

Wrong! Economics, and the economy, is NOT about money. It's about goods, about power, about labor, about land and land use. Money is just a convenient way of keeping track of the flow of labor, food, goods, energy (or more accurately, TRYING to keep track.)

Dave Oesterreich