If you can spend, right now you have an ethical duty to. Think of all those people whose jobs are in the balance. It could be that your purchase is the one that tips the balance and keeps the store open. The people who make the product get to stay in a job. Spending money means you are stopping people from ending up homeless and hungry.

By all means give more to charities if you want. But don't stop spending! With a global recession going on, shoppers are needed.