Much of the simplicity movement began with Chic Simple.

They had all come to hear the pleasant preachings of Wanda Urbanska, whose two books about her experiences in a small North Carolina town have made her a spokeswoman for a phenomenon known as the simplicity movement.

"It's sort of an outgrowth of the simplicity movement."

Perhaps the leaders of this simplicity movement could be rounded up.

Learn how one woman took the simplicity movement to heart.

To Mr. Frank, the solution does not lie in the good intentions of the "voluntary simplicity" movement or the imposition of luxury taxes on yachts or diamonds.

They praise his proposal that we reduce the commerciality of the holiday season, and only a few mention that Hundred Dollar Holiday recycles ideas from the 10-year-old voluntary simplicity movement.

Dr. Hayes and Dr. Anderson worry that women will use the "simplicity movement" to burrow even deeper into the sands of financial avoidance.

Philosophically, the simplicity movement derives from the belief that if one could only reduce paperwork, one's children would be less annoying.

Because the simplicity movement proceeds from the flawed assumption that material supplied by journalists can help simplify anything, it is probably doomed.