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You’re standing at the checkout inserting your card into the reader. You’re punching in your pin and that’s where it hits you. You press the green ‘enter’ key wondering in disbelief, how did your shopping bill get so expensive?

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V.A.T. - Vaguely Adjusted Tax

As I walk around the supermarkets, I find myself being greeted with an array of obscure pricings, with most items on the shelf coming with price tags exact to the penny. Gone the days of the conventional 1p less the pound prices, at least it seems that way for now.

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Sales and spending

The year 2008 has certainly been an eventful one what with being on the verge of a global economic meltdown, but the year is almost over and a new year beckons on the horizon. So it’s time to forget about the past and look forward to the future; starting with Christmas.

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Curry and The Economist

I began reading an article in The Economist about the impact of the financial crisis in West Asia. As I continuously found the text more tedious, my mind began to wonder away from the jibberjabber on the page and focus more on the every day impact.

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