Europe's biggest mall may lift recession fears - 30 Oct 08

[omgitscharis]

lifes going to end for everyone one day

so why not make use of it and spend :] yay for westfield haha

[lm145]

im welcoming this recession as i aint got a job and cant be pressured into work if there aint any jobs about.

[bobble321]

wow thats jsut another scum of the earth comment

you sitting on your arse doing nothing wont help

especially if your claiming benfits.

[lm145]

ive only worked 3 weeks in all my life and that was in 1982.

if i took a job i'd be worse off as wages couldnt match the benefits i claim.

it's bad enough already scraping by on only £580 per week and that has to keep me, my wife and 4 kids.

[bigdeneen]

LOL...were do you think the american culture spawned from...europe lol...america and europe are like realatives...sisters...

americans are brainwashed to spend...spend..spend...in order for the machine to function..debt must be created..

[ycats1000]

common britain, we're behind you growing and not shrinking!!!

go for it man-

remember ww2 they still held elections...

AWSOME!!

[psykobeat2012]

poor people ,they are so empty that they need to fill themselves up buying crap ...poor people

[gregwi562]

All you people posting the hate here: Get over it! It is a fucking shopping mall. It doesn't matter where it opened up. That fact is it would attract customers where ever it was built.

There are those people who consume because they can.

There are those who consume even though they should not.

And then there are those who would like to consume but cannot.

Anyone who is not in one of those 3 categories is a liar.

[joneselius]

You.....Just.....Don't ....Get....It.

This is why we are IN THIS FUCKING MESS.

Why don't people see, this is a completely transparent cover up, the more we 'spend' the worse off we are. ffs......

[gregwi562]

Conspiracy theorist, eh?

I did not state that I am for overspending. But not spending is even worse. What is the point of hording money and being miserly? Do you have any idea how economies work?

[joneselius]

Do you?

Tell me how spending helps? Hmmm, or is it just a way for them to keep control over you?

Think REAL hard and tell me the WHOLE monetary system isn't a massive joke. A lie, a promise of wealth and power for those who want it, at the expense (ALWAYS) of someone else, get fucking real...... Money = debt

[gregwi562]

So you didn't read my post. I did not advocate overspending and going into debt. Maybe you have that vice yourself.

But hording money does not help any economy. And I don't need to demonstrate you how an economy is helped by people a portion of their disposable income.

On the other hand, please tell me how hording money and not spending on anything helps an economy? Now that is what I am curious to know. The burden is on you because it goes contrary to all macro & micro economic sense.

[joneselius]

It will help PEOPLE, do you realize the crap you buy, 98% of the time is NOT British? Nor is is manufactured in Britain.

And keep your macro and your micro, in fact you should of pointed out that all and every monetary system that has been set up EVER, that was not based on gold has FAILED, why is ours different? Because we invented INVISIBLE money? E.g credit, because we can get loans and credit cards, so now the burden is on YOU to tell US how this economy can survive this illusory money.

[gregwi562]

The fact is, it will. This is not the first nor last economic crisis. You already know the history.

Besides, this is about people spending their disposable income - not about the modern international monetary system.

The most concise way to explain things here in this limited amount of space is: no one gets paid until something is sold.

Yes, saving a portion of income is of the utmost importance. But spending is what keeps any economy going.

[somethingawful01]

The UK: a pathetically failed tinpot dictatorship with a wonderful paper economy.

[mogilny89p]

Reminds of me the United States, just in time to fail. Whole lot of people walking around not buying anything.

[abarzilai664]

This is more of an English phenomon considering that like the US the Brits also like to consume even if they can't, if this mall opened in France or Sweeden then it would be news.

[silentonall]

Europe living in denial.....

[WorldTravelTV]

Consumer consumptions is what capitalistic nations are based on, not shopping equals a worse off economy. A business in order to hire more people and raise wages needs to be doing well. Were do they get their money? Consumers. Its all much more complicated but the ones who are saying buying more equals a recessional are idiots, this recession didn't begin with a mall shopping spree, and in fact the US economy shrunk today even more, 0.3% after in the last quarter consumer spending decreased.

[Philmoscowitz]

oh no! the shopping mall: one of the worst of america's cultural exports. on behalf of americans who hate shopping malls, i'm sorry britain, i'm sorry europe!

[JCMac777]

Here in America, we can shop our way out of everything. Just kidding, but seriously, America has exported some of it's own bad habits to other parts of the world. Obsessive consumerism. I wouldn't say recession, but the economy is sluggish. These people can't shake off the urge to shop, it's like having to pee to them.

[gryllimusica]

This is sick ! Curb Your Consumption People !!

[JCMac777]

When interviewed, these people seem to know what's going on, but they just can't shake off the urge to shop.

[jerkinp]

Remember to thank the United States government, United States corporations and the ignorant United States people for spreading the financial crisis plague to the rest of the world. Not only do you Americans cause instability in the world with their Iraq war and other war in the name of U.S. interest. But now they cause economic problems for others across the globe. Hiding bad financial assets with the good, how low can you get.

Going on a shopping spree helps businesses but not always the buyer

[xsilentkillx]

can you back up your claims?

[KhmerD0g]

borrow money from china and spend on china made products. stupid people. no wonder the brits are going down

[WhoFlungPoop2]

My word. More money than sense.

[oinkysqueak]

Suckers! Hahahaha! Westfields will stuff the place right up!! If your shop isnt in westfield then the yuppy trendy people never see your shop again..and westfield will make them pay near double rent of shop area..either way it goes they will fuck everyone up :)

[fertzz]

bbeehhhhhh  bbbbbeeeeehhhhh

[dackjaniels555]

What a bunch of fucking lemmings we are!

[oinkysqueak]

one video says no recession..another will say everyone is fucked hahaha

[totoro5421]

sheeps, lots of them.

sheeps buying shit.

[romanali1]

The plural of "sheep" is "sheep".

[PFTECHMETAL]

Is this the best we can do? We're dead.

[dackjaniels555]

Shopping = Materialism.

Materialism = Debt.

Debt = Financial Crisis.

Financial Crisis = Rescission.

[Ariji86]

wow biggest penis?

[princeword]

Michael Jackson's 1986 album = Bad.

[dackjaniels555]

Materialism = Bad.