- I would characterize Eighner’s attitude towards wealth and materialism as revealed especially in paragraphs 74 - 80 as transience. This is because the material has implications that are given within the economy.

- Eighner was disappointed by how much waste he was seeing and how many things were being thrown away when they could have been repurposed.

- Therefore, Eighner shows that materialistic things do not have any meaning when having an emotional attachment to things is not valuable. -

- According to the text of Dumpster diving, page 88, it states, “Nothing of the sort is likely to happen to a Dumpster diver because he is constantly reminded that most food is discarded for a reason. Yet a lot of perfectly good food can be found in Dumpsters.”

- This shows that in the dumpsters, there can be a lot of good food found, for which Eigner emphasizes the importance of materialism as there is often good food thrown out in the dumpster that is gone to waste.

- Eighner's attitude toward wealth and materialism is revealed in paragraphs 74-80 as he discovers love letters that can be associated with sentimental value, that is yet to be found in the trash and treated as if the letters possess materialistic value.

- Eighner's implications regarding the economy at large are demonstrated as he believes that the love letters in the trash resembling materialistic value means that people are throwing away things, and have little to no sentiment for things anymore, and would rather care about things that have a monetary value.