'Tis the season of giving - at a cost?
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WHEN it comes to Christmas, are you a Santa or (so to say) a Spoilsport Scrooge? Do you revel in the spirit (and shopping) of the season, picking out gifts for loved ones, taking out the tinsel and ornaments to adorn the tree? Or do you see the annual festivities as not so much any spreading of seasonal cheer but rather something more insidious - and unsustainably costly?
Two BT writers on opposing ends of the festive spectrum give their take - and stake their claim on the meaning of Christmas. Brunch, in The Business Times Weekend.
Meanwhile, as the festive splurging keeps retailers' tills ringing, are high profits in the time of Covid-19 bad? When is it legitimate for a company to raise prices? Perhaps profiteering is in the eye of the beholder, as our Broad View piece highlights.
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