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Posted by: tehranchik 1 year, 4 months ago in News
Late in 2006, pollsters at the Pew Research Center called up 2,000 Americans and asked a simple question: Which products could people simply not ...
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The death of the credit card economy »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
Car leases, student loans, no-money-down mortgages, and high credit limits are vanishing. The most revolutionary notion in commerce today is one of the oldest. If ...
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Thank You Very Much, Carrie Bradshaw »
Posted by: womantribune 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Style
While some may argue that Sex And The City gave women something to obsess over I believe it gave women the permission to indulge in ...
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Scams, Sales, and Jingle Bells | blogspression.com »
Posted by: afaiano 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Family
As we approach Thanksgiving here in the US, stores are riddled with
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Aren't all Irish teens just like Americans now? | American in Ireland | IrishCentral »
Posted by: DCBerman 2 weeks, 2 days ago in News
I was surprised that fellow American Bridget English says that Americans in Ireland are still easily identifiable. Bridget says she was told that even if ...
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How Much Money is Enough? »
Posted by: dove12 7 months ago in Business & Finance
Money is one of the most important aspects of today' s times. Ever since man has got over the barter system, money has never turned ...
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Teenage student arrested on suspicion of killing 10-year-old in argument over iPod in India »
Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 3 months ago in News
The boy allegedly pushed the 10-year-old girl off a 30-foot bridge then climbed down and strangled her unconscious body on Monday, said Swapan Banerjee, the ...
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The United States of Consumerism, Interactive Edition - the way we live now - Gawker »
Posted by: JinkoNiner 17 hours, 10 minutes ago in Science & Technology
This is eBay's rendering of transaction activity on Black Friday; notice how the seller-heavy rural areas (yellow) are offloading their juno on the coast ...
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Can You Survive the Horrors of Modern Life? »
Posted by: Steve-N-Lee 11 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Horrific news hit Britain last week. So horrific the repercussions will reverberate the length and breadth of the nation for years to come.
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9 Misleading Myths About Going Green »
Posted by: sfinfgeld 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
I may be among those who walk on the green side, but there are still so many people out there who haven't yet taken ...
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Consumer Kids and Their Plastic Lives »
Posted by: populist 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Style
Producing and saving just isn’t going to cut it with these kids. They have been trained to splurge beyond their means and have not ...
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An Ethical Economy »
Posted by: 8beth 1 month, 4 weeks ago in News
In a recent report on ‘responsible citizenship’, Time Magazine notes how, since the onset of the recession, we have had to re-learn one of the ...
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What Would the Buddha Buy? »
Posted by: Digidave 12 months ago in News
Avoid the “shopocalypse” by taking a Zen approach to the holiday season.
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Zen and the Art of Not Buying »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
Adbusters has made National Buy Nothing Day (a.k.a. Black Friday) famous. Now the anti-consumerism magazine wants to help you achieve a buy-nothing Christmas ...
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Death and Consumption, or Shop Before You Drop »
Posted by: Digidave 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
In the days and weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, millions of Americans came to grips with one undeniable fact: They were going to ...
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