Gosling's Grouse: Bah humbug!

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I did something really bad recently. I showed my three-year-old granddaughter how 'click and pay' works.

What kind of grandparent am I? Three years old and I am showing her how a cashless society works, although my only comfort for this act of irresponsibility is that I am sure she has seen her parents do it hundreds of times already. We will hear surveys and research this Christmas about thousands of people going into debt to have a good time, while we have already had to put up with Black Friday and Cyber Monday (what absurd names). E-commerce: The modern day gold rush? The government recently unveiled some kind of policy to improve productivity - although it was so unimpressive I ...

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