To Buy or Not To Buy

Why we overshop and how to stop.
April Lane Benson, Ph.D., is the author of To Buy or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop and How to Stop. She specializes in the treatment of compulsive buying disorder. See full bio

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A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: How the Recession Can Help Overshoppers

"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good" says a familiar proverb, and as with most proverbs, there's a nugget of useful truth at the core. Amidst the violent buffeting of today's economic ill wind, some good can come to overshoppers. As the nation's financial crisis deepens, all of us, whether problem shoppers or not, are driven to reexamine what we buy. Read More

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