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Retail Therapy

NPR
Published December 30, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

"Retail therapy" is a treatment for many ills. A new pair of shoes can help you get over that nasty breakup. A new car calms anxiety about a big birthday. Commentator Heather King calms her anxiety about money by thrift shopping.

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