Sadness Makes People More Willing To Spend

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Sadness May Encourage More Extravagance: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

 

[Martha]

I am aware of the effect.

 

[Moemg]

When I was newly widowed my goal was to have evrything that Liz Claiborne put out that year and I was pretty close to the goal .I shopped a lot plus several of my friends who were widows did the same thing . Interesting !

 

[FinanceDude]

So,I guess we can surmise the USA as a whole is the saddest country on earth??

 

[TeeRuh]

I'm not sure I really want to go here, but ... does this explain the overpriced funeral industry?
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