With the wonderful fall weather come gardening activities I loath. But I appreciate the need to trim and prune now so I can see my backyard come alive in the spring.
This got me to thinking about the economic lessons from the movie Being There, in which Chance, the simple-minded gardener, becomes involved with some Washington rainmakers. Through his new friendships, Chance offers gardening advice that's mistaken as economic wisdom — spring follows winter, growth follows death, expansion follows recession. The movie is as fantastic as it is pure and the economic lesson, though flawed, is as simple as it is whimsical: Economies can still grow after they die.
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Author:Thomas More Smith
