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What's your objection to Christmas and holiday spending? My objection is that the holiday spending doesn't result in very much satisfaction. Normally if I spend $50 on myself, I'll only buy something if it's worth at least $50 to me. But if you buy something for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Shouldn't Give Christmas Gifts | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

Isn't that degree of spending good for the economy, especially in a recession? Well, yes and no. Let me talk about that in a couple of different ways. First of all, the economy consists of buyers and sellers. You think about why we spend in the first place. We...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Shouldn't Give Christmas Gifts | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

Have you thought about why do we do it? Why is there this huge splurge at the end of the year? Well, it's a bit of a puzzle. We don't do it with cash. Giving cash is very socially awkward. The exceptions are for parents to children, grandparents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Shouldn't Give Christmas Gifts | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

What if you don't give them holiday gifts? Well, I do give them holiday gifts, because they are people whose preferences I know a lot about. The problem arises in the situations where we have to give a gift, but we have no idea what the recipient wants. I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Shouldn't Give Christmas Gifts | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

I'll know not to send you a Christmas gift! Well, I'm not against it. Why don't you do something good for someone else and say it's in my name, and everyone's happy.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Shouldn't Give Christmas Gifts | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

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