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Stuff
What’s the most valuable thing you own?
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Economy Team
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Voices
We asked people if they would rather have more money, or more stuff
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Petros Poulopoulos
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Voices
This artist makes sculptures out of other people’s rubbish. We asked her about it
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Economy Team
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Voices
Why millennials don’t think it makes sense to own stuff anymore
by
Tim Slater
The Economy Guide to Christmas Gift Giving
by
Tom Coleman
We asked 5th Avenue Christmas shoppers whether gifts are worth the hassle
by
Sara Zayto
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Voices
I work in retail. This is how we get you to buy more stuff at Christmas
by
Vanessa Tsai
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“Preserving old stuff, making new stuff, inventing useful stuff, keeping sentimental stuff. It seems like a lot of economics is just about… stuff! ”
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Why do we love looking at really, really old stuff so much?
by
Ally Clifton
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Voices
The little town of Prato has been taken over by Chinese stuff. I had a look around
by
Saman Sadeghi Afgeh
Have we reached peak stuff for period products?
by
Kimberly Poff
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Issues
I decided to get rid of all my stuff and learned to live more with much less
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Regina Wong
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Voices
This is how much it’d cost to buy everything in the 12 Days of Christmas song
by
Sofia Quaglia