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How do we respond to government ‘stimulus payments’?

How do people react to government stimulus payments, designed to encourage spending in a recession or other crisis?

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Paul Fisher, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Essex, and Associate Director of Understanding Society, talks about how governments can potentially boost the economy with stimulus payments. But how do we react? Do we spend the money, or share it with family and friends?

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