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The Growth Ponzi Scheme – We deprive our communities of prosperity, overload our families with debt and become trapped in a spiral of decline.

Rush hour traffic fills the ring road in Paris during a nationwide strike by French SNCF railway workers, France, April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1569A024F0

It is only in the last two generations that we have scaled places to the automobile.

 

Most American cities find themselves caught in the Growth Ponzi Scheme.

We experience a modest, short term illusion of wealth in exchange for enormous, long term liabilities.

We deprive our communities of prosperity, overload our families with debt and become trapped in a spiral of decline.

This cannot continue.

 

by Charles Marohn

 

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Save the Date! Charles Marohn, founder of Strong Towns, is coming to Missoula via Zoom live on October 28th from 10-11:30am MST!

Stay tuned for event details and info on how to register for this free Missoula Community Call with Strong Towns!

 

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