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Americans Are Still Spending Like There’s No Tomorrow (www.wsj.com)
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[–] adeoxymus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

No paywall: https://archive.ph/fkNeb

According to the article people spent on experience for fear that they will be unable to in the future. Which is a sad reason. People are ditching long-term savings to live it up now. Rather than save for a house, expensive vacation.