💬 Opinion 7h ago · Elizabeth Nolan Brown

The Happy Capitalism of Richard Scarry's Busytown

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The Happy Capitalism of Richard Scarry's Busytown
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Farmer Alfalfa heads to town with an old truck full of corn. The truck is on the verge of collapse. But after selling his corn to Grocer Cat, Farmer Alfalfa uses the money to buy a new truck.
On another day, Alfalfa sells all kinds of produce and uses the money to make purchases from local merchants, including Stitches the tailor and Blacksmith Fox. Stitches, in turn, uses the money from Alfalfa to buy "an egg beater so that his family can make fudge," while Fox buys more iron to use in his blac

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