Joel Waldfogel

Going Gift-Free: More Joy, Less Stress

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Judith Rich

Last year, my family and I decided to ban presents at Christmas. Seriously, we'd all gotten so "done" on the whole gift-giving thing, we found it had lost all meaning.

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Scroogenomics: Are the Grinches Wrong?

Ellen Langer | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ellen Langer

We either gave gifts as usual this Christmas or heeded the advice of Joel Waldfogel, author of Scroogenomics, who argues in his book that we should not have given gifts.

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