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A new trend is encouraging people to maximize the utility of their purchases and buy only what they truly need. (Shutterstock)

Understanding ‘underconsumption core’: How a new trend is challenging consumer culture

‘Underconsumption core’ is a trend that challenges overconsumption by encouraging people to maximize the utility of their purchases and buy only what they truly need.
Some restaurant-owners are grappling with abolishing tipping. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

With the holidays upon us, is it time to end tipping?

Restaurant tipping came to North America in the early 20th century and has become well-established here even as the practice is less common in the U.K. and Europe. Is it time to rethink it?

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