Opening with a description of the shaky economic, political, and social condition in which so many countries of the developed world find themselves, this study argues that the prevailing worldview that seeks the commoditization of every aspect of life is what has brought the world to the current crisis point. Rather than promoting a shift within this framework, however, this consideration calls for a rejection of it altogether toward a system that values people and the interconnectedness between them over possessions, as well as the re |