Fire James Kunstler*

Courtesy AustinContrarian  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 1:20pm

A couple of days ago, Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner hosted a round-table on the future of suburbia.   As happens too often, James "sackcloth-and-ashes" Kunstler got a seat.

Kunstler doesn't like cities, suburbs, or any other large agglomeration of people so he fantasizes that high gas prices will extinguish them.  He's a jumble of apocalyptic prophecies, loony economics, and .

. . Well, I could tell you, but it is better just to show you.

Here is Kunstler's Freakonomics...


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