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There are a small number of American habits that produce the same reaction in every visitor, and this is the purest of them. The price on the shelf…
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Walk into any shop in the world and a startling proportion of the prices end in a nine. Nine ninety-nine, four ninety-five, nineteen ninety-nine, ninety-nine pence, and so…
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No price label, a hidden trade-in figure, and four variables in play. Here are twelve.
1. There Was No Sticker on the Window Telling You the Price
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Americans abroad are frequently surprised to discover that tipping is actually optional elsewhere, and visitors to the United States are frequently baffled by how much is expected and how non-negotiable…
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Gummed stamps licked into a book, redeemable for things but never for cash. Here are ten.
1. You Were Given Stamps With Every Purchase and You Licked Them Into…
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There is an assumption that pre-modern financial systems were crude, and it is worth testing against an example.
The English Exchequer — the department handling royal revenue — kept…