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A gift we don't need

Nov 9 2008 Elaine C. Smith

EVEN a 1.5 per cent interest rate cut won't save us from recession.

In fact, the International Monetary Fund says Britain will be worst hit.

But is encouraging people to spend their way out of trouble a good idea? That's what got us in this mess in the first place.

Surely this crisis has made us all realise life is about more than piles of Christmas presents we don't need?

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