Everyone loves a good sale, but do we like our purchase? Here’s what bargain shopping does to your brain.
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Shopping a sale gives you the same feeling as getting high
“For some of us, the signs shouting 50% off, one-day-only sale and clearance are not so different from the siren call for other types of addictions: the feeling of winning at shopping a sale is not unlike the addiction to alcohol, drugs or even food, therapists say.”
Find Out How Much You’ve Spent on Amazon
“Depending on your buying habits, budget, debt-to-income ratio, and the number of lies you tell yourself, you may or may not want to know how much money you’ve spent on Amazon.com since you first signed up.”
Here’s How Blockchain Will Eliminate Banks and Democratize Money
“Blockchain – a decentralized, distributed database that makes the cryptocurrency bitcoin possible – is poised to permanently disrupt the way we think about money, from transferring funds to making day-to-day purchases to the very concept of a national currency.”
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This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez
Written by: Victoria Barrios
