Let's Talk About the Economy 

Well articulated. The economy will continually change as people's demands change ang vary. Capitalism rewards those able to provide anything of value to consumers. It's extremely efficient and fair. The best part is we as individuals, can chose exactly where we spend our money to ensure it meets whatever criteria we have.

' 'profit is completely moral and necessary' ' Concentration camps were a lucrative buisness, so are the sweatshop, wars, etc. Profits exist for the sake of profit and nothing more. Consumerism isn't the root cause, but rather a symptom. Capitalism is the problem! With money, you have poverty. Power corrupts, and money is power. It's a self-serving system that can only benefit itself, at the expense of everyone else. If anything, minimalism SHOULD be an enemy to capitalism, because minimalism makes sense, capitalism does not. ' 'when a business profits it means it is efficient in allocating it's energy and resources and that benefits everyone involved.' ' Maybe you should tell that to the millions who are starving when big buisness are making records profits, or are dumping toxic materials into rivers because it's too costly to clean it up themself (which result in serious health hazard).

Sell some books on the internet

Write your own book while you are at it, and sell that too :)

Look for a local used book store to trade. I hear ya thrifbooks.com sees me coming. They are a good online second hand book store. I order from them and take my old books to a local book store for trade.

I agree with trying to sell them on the internet, locally at a book store or I've used Facebook marketplace to sell items I let go of. Alternatively, if you have book loving friends maybe you can trade/exchange books with them? Then you can read more books without more expense and clutter.