ABSTRACT
The growth in convenience and cheap consumer goods has taken priority over mindsets of the past advocating for stewardship, resourcefulness, and thrift. These contemporary economic contexts of globalization allow for one to compare making as a production technique in the United States to other countries such as Peru. Peruvians lacked access to readily available, cheap goods and Peru was listed as one of the poorest countries in South America. However, economic growth in the country has been on the upswing. According to the World Bank, per capita income has increased from $1,967 in 2000 to $6,549 in 2014. In some regard, the United States and Peru are slowly moving in cyclic patterns—circling around to each other’s points of view. Many US citizens are seeing the negative aspects of living in a consumer, throwaway culture, and Peruvians are, to a certain extent, beginning a newfound love of cheap, ready-made goods.
