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Our compulsive purchasing of cheap, foreign-made goods may be coming to an end as tariffs drive prices higher and social trends make overconsumption uncool.




The president has said American children should be content with two dolls instead of 30. But the country’s shopping habit has been built over decades of abundant imports from Asia.
2025-11-14 16:00:00
Rachel Wolfe