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Podcast: Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Episode: What’s Trending: Would you pay 10 cents for a plastic bag & What would the future look like in 27 years?
Description: As we head into the new year, on What’s Trending, Hongbin Jeong and Alexandra Parada talk about stories that got us thinking about both everyday habits and the future ahead. With shoppers still buying millions of plastic bags despite a five-cent charge, an NUS professor has suggested raising the fee to 10 cents, reigniting the debate over convenience versus sustainability. And zooming out even further, as listeners shared their predictions of life 27 years from now, we looked back at how people in 1998 imagined 2025, getting some things right like online shopping, remote work and even a deadly new dis...