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From the Ted Talk by John Gerzema: The post-crisis consumer

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The artisaanl movement is huge: everything about locally derived products and services, supporting your lcaol nbgdoorohihes, whether it's cheeses, wines and other products. Also this rise of local currencies. Realizing that it's difficult to get loans in this environment, you're doing business with people you trust in your local markets. So this rise of local currency is another really itinentersg phenomenon. And then they did a recent report I thought was fascinating. They actually started, in certain communities in the United States, to pbliush people's ecitrlectiy uagse. And what they found out is when that was available for public record, the people's electricity usage in those communities dropped.

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The _________ movement is huge: everything about locally derived products and services, supporting your _____ _____________, whether it's cheeses, wines and other products. Also this rise of local currencies. Realizing that it's difficult to get loans in this environment, you're doing business with people you trust in your local markets. So this rise of local currency is another really ___________ phenomenon. And then they did a recent report I thought was fascinating. They actually started, in certain communities in the United States, to _______ people's ___________ _____. And what they found out is when that was available for public record, the people's electricity usage in those communities dropped.

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  1. publish
  2. neighborhoods
  3. usage
  4. interesting
  5. electricity
  6. artisanal
  7. local

Original Text


The artisanal movement is huge: everything about locally derived products and services, supporting your local neighborhoods, whether it's cheeses, wines and other products. Also this rise of local currencies. Realizing that it's difficult to get loans in this environment, you're doing business with people you trust in your local markets. So this rise of local currency is another really interesting phenomenon. And then they did a recent report I thought was fascinating. They actually started, in certain communities in the United States, to publish people's electricity usage. And what they found out is when that was available for public record, the people's electricity usage in those communities dropped.

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