Thought experiment - what if everyone were Mustachian?

[ragnathor]

Maybe this has been brought up before, but this was something I was just thinking about for fun today. What if all of society adopted Mustachianism? How would the world look? There would be a lot less crap being sold, fewer or different companies out there, and people working a lot less. I imagine there would be more parks, fewer Walmarts, and probably a much weaker economy with no one buying stuff? I think we would be monetarily less rich but society as a whole would have a better quality of life. What do you think?

[slugline]

http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/04/09/what-if-everyone-became-frugal/

I'd like to think that MMM is right. Instead of making all manner of disposable consumer goods, our economy would be more focused on solving actual human problems and creating a greater demand for a healthier world..

[matchewed]

http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/what-if-everyone-lived-the-mustachian-lifestyle/
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/food-for-thought-would-the-worldeconomy-survive-if-everyone-retired-early/
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/philosophizing/

Yeah it's well worn ground give these a read and see what you come up with as for questions.

IMO there would be no way to determine exactly how it would look. You're talking a complete abandonment of the last 150 years worth of cultural/economic thought. But we're heading in that direction anyway with technological automation. Might as well throw this into the pile. :)

[jordanread]

http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/what-if-everyone-lived-the-mustachian-lifestyle/
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/food-for-thought-would-the-worldeconomy-survive-if-everyone-retired-early/
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/philosophizing/

Yeah it's well worn ground give these a read and see what you come up with as for questions.

IMO there would be no way to determine exactly how it would look. You're talking a complete abandonment of the last 150 years worth of cultural/economic thought. But we're heading in that direction anyway with technological automation. Might as well throw this into the pile. :)

I missed a couple of those, but I'll check them out. I've been on this post-scarcity kick for a few months now, and my imagination is going crazy. I'll setup a topic eventually, but as I like to say:

"What an awesome time to be alive!!!"