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Self-reported rates of doom spending are higher among men.
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Sarah Green Carmichael
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Please, don’t dabble in doom spending. The term, which first bubbled up on social media, has gained steam following a recent survey by Intuit Credit Karma.
Consider it 2024’s sequel to 2023’s “girl math”. But if girl math was a light-hearted buddy comedy, doom spending is a horror film.
