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Tue March 13, 2012
March 14, 2012 - Profiles

The Man Who Quit Money

Daniel Suelo lives in caves on public land in the Utah canyonlands, foraging blackberries and wild onions, scavenging roadkill, dumpster diving and accepting gifts from friends and strangers.

In 2000, a man in Moab left his life savings - $30 - in a phone booth and walked away. Twelve years later, Daniel Suelo enjoys an apparently full and sane life without money, credit, barter or government hand-outs, fulfilling a vision of the good life inspired by his spiritual guides: Jesus, Buddha and wandering Hindu monks. The writer Mark Sundeen has written a book that traces the path and the singular idea that led Suelo to his extreme lifestyle, and he joins Doug on Wednesday.

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