I just noticed that the microlending site Kiva.org accepts Paypal for payments.... a great chance for me to sell some once beloved, but now excessive/outgrown items on eBay and�loan the profits to struggling small businesspeople all over the world.� When the loan is (hopefully) repaid, I can then reinvest again.
Seems like a small way for me to fight against the global credit freeze, rather than trying to 'spend our way out' of the downturn.