Symbolic Forest

Last week the news was full of reports of demonstrations in London, over the G20 summit conference out in the Docklands. And I, for one, was a bit puzzled. The protesters seemed to be something of a strange coalition.

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Keyword noise: capitalism, demonstration, economics, money, news, protest, recession.

Well, no, that’s not quite true. I was never a Farepak customer. My mother, on the other hand, was at one time, so I’ve been keeping an interested eye on the slow-burning news that has followed Farepak’s collapse.

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Keyword noise: budgeting, capitalism, credit unions, economics, Farepak, hampers, money, poverty, saving.