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The wall in our hearts

Explain It to Me

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The Psychological Mechanism of Consumption

The idea that people are actually consuming more. People have more stuff, yeah. And that's where the bedrooms and the cars come in, right? That was my question about this paper is maybe people are just buying more shit, but they're also not saving a lot of money,. I mean, which I think is a real question. It gives me a lot of anxiety and unease.

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