This week's suggested strategy for prying out a story or some such:

Celebrating the collapse the consumer economy and the fall of finance, tell a story using the tools, devices or artifacts of commerce. Tell a story of buying, selling, paying or getting paid. Or tell a story using the ephemera of commerce (receipts, credit card slips or statements, bank statements, price tags etc) to be your form or anchor or inspiration. Keep it to a page or a little more and bring it to share.