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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: In Slumping Economy, a Shift in Shopping Habits

Updated: April 24 2009,
Author: barrel fan
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Aggregate Demand, Budgeting, Consumers, Credit, Economic Development
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Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to author Paco Underhill about how consumer habits have changed in the recession.

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