How Artisanal Jam Is Maturing My "Economic Spirituality"

I'm an ordinary American consumer. Most of our Christmas purchases will be products made in China; our older son is getting a laptop (he knows about this so I am not spilling the beans) and my husband wants a treadmill. The 13-year-old's gifts, which are surprises, include stuff made in China.

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That said, I try as much as possible to think about what I am buying and to find products that are made locally, produced by Americans or under fair-trade conditions. Clearly, I am not a purist about this; heck the MacBook I am writing this on was made in China. Still, the recent factory fire in Bangladesh, where 112 workers were killed, served as  a sobering reminder that my purchases are moral choices.