Holiday Shopping and Charitable Giving Trends

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Guest Host:

Michel Martin
Holiday Shopping and Charitable Giving Trends

'Tis the season - for shopping and giving. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, last-minute gift buying and end of the year donations: what consumer holiday spending and charitable giving trends tell us about the strength of the nation's economy.

'Tis the season - for shopping and giving. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, last-minute gift buying and end of the year donations: what consumer holiday spending and charitable giving trends tell us about the strength of the nation's economy.

Guests

Greg Ip

U.S. economics editor, "The Economist"

Karen Dynan

Vice President and co-director for economics at the Brookings Institution.

Stacy Palmer

Editor - The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Scott Krugman

Vice President, National Retail Federation.

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