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Crap, trash and greed

Will Dunn joins Anoosh Chakelian to discuss his theory of “crapflation”.

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It’s Black Friday and consumers are hunting for bargains. However, are Brits spending more and more money on goods that are getting worse and worse?

Will Dunn joins Anoosh Chakelian to discuss his theory of “crapflation”.

Will also spent time this week in an enormous pile of trash, dumped by organised criminals in a field in Oxfordshire.

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