McCloskey: We could simply choose economic abundance

(Michael Hogue) I was in a grocery store parking lot, loading bags into the trunk with my daughter. Next to us, another mother-daughter duo was doing the same. The girl said to her mother, loud enough for all four of us to hear, "We spent so much money and it doesn't look like we have much." "No kidding," her mom said, and then looked over at me. I had about six bags in the trunk by now, and one of the highest grocery bills I'd had in awhile. I nodded. A moment of empathy between strangers. Our resources don't seem…