So recently, there has been a pretty strong movement to suggest that people move their money from the large banks to small, community banks. The arguments against that -- as spoken below by Stephen Colbert -- sounds an awful lot like the arguments against decentralization of the American theatre. Watch:
While the analogy between banking and theatre isn't perfect, the overall movement toward a more localized economy, including a more localized entertainment economy, continues to gain traction. For those who are interested, there is an entire chapter on this in Lyle Estill's
Small Is Possible: Life in a Local Economy, a book I highly recommend.
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My Goodreads book list is overflowing with all your recommendations that I have not had a chance to read. Just got Art and Fear from the library. Going to tackle it once I get through Outrageous Fourtune.