Might there actually be some benefits to come from America’s new depression?  On this edition of Portside, Burt Cohen talks with Benjamin Barber, whose lead story in a recent issue of The Nation suggests now may be a moment in history when we start to rethink the dominance of the market over the public good. Could this be the time when we start to shake off our national dependence on massive mindless consumerism and create a more sustainable economic system?