Our natural tendency to allocate money (or any resource) into little mental “jars” has profound implications for how we spend and save.
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The Great Inflation Debate carries on outside Parliament; the politics and economics of clean toilets; our only landfill is filling up, fast; Pax Americana continues to unravel; brutalism in Singapore; chip wars intensify; and more.
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