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Thursday, 8 March 2007

Life & Debt

Today's supplement in the Times (T2) has a couple of interesting pieces on consumerism:

Life and debt
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article1483618.ece

Consumer resistance? I’m all for it
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mary_ann_sieghart/article1483664.ece
Posted by Anna D at 05:09
Labels: debt; consumer; T2

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The average UK household spends £443 a week, with £58 on recreation & culture and £62 a week on transport. But what if we didn't? What if we said ‘no!’ to all this spending and settled on just buying what we need? The thought fills us with fear…
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