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    Real-life shopaholics

    The new movie Confessions of a Shopaholic celebrates frenzied spending sprees as a harmless hobby. In reality, shopaholism is a high-risk condition that leads to dizzying amounts of debt

    Rebecca Caldwell; Illustration by James Joyce

    13 minutes
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