budding rocket scientists. first, blame the banks, blame consumers, blame capitalism, blame government. but who is blaming they willselves? did a prosperous america lose the ethical way and how do we get it back? i m thrilled this morning to have three very special guests to help us do some soul searching about the economy and our values and how they feed on each other. rabbi boti, author of the blessing of enough : rejecting material greed and embracing spiritual hunger and author david callahan, and a frequent guest on this program, the author of the soul of leadership. you said to me something that resonated. first in the consumer should do is learn to stop spending money that they haven t earned to buy things that they don t need to impress people they don t like. you went on to tell me that buying if you have f stuff we doend need with money we don t have, it s to keep up with the joneses. america got selfish. and america is paying. is it as simple as that? americ