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Critics say Americans are obsessed with buying stuff we don�t need, costing us our values and our environment. But it�s consumer spending that fuels the U.S. economy, and President Bush says to get out and shop. Trish talks with Thomas Naylor, author of �Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic�, and professor emeritus of economics at Duke University, www.duke.edu, and Craig Thompson, assistant professor of marketing at University of Wisconsin www.wisc.edu.

City officials in Manchester today appealed for more charitable giving. Since the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington, Americans have been donating what they can to national relief efforts. But local officials fear that national concern may pose a threat to local agencies. Specifically, Manchester officials worry the United Way�s Community Care Fund may not be able to raise enough money to sustain itself. Gail Garceau President of the United Way Of Greater Manchester, described the fund to NHPR�s Lisa Peakes.