Economy Explores: Stuff

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What’s the most valuable thing you own?

by Economy Team in Voices
We asked people if they would rather have more money, or more stuff

by Petros Poulopoulos in Voices
This artist makes sculptures out of other people’s rubbish. We asked her about it

by Economy Team in 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 in Voices
I work in retail. This is how we get you to buy more stuff at Christmas

by Vanessa Tsai
“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 in 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 in Issues
I decided to get rid of all my stuff and learned to live more with much less

by Regina Wong in Voices
This is how much it’d cost to buy everything in the 12 Days of Christmas song

by Sofia Quaglia

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