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URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 26 Oct 2026

What the claw arcade game tells us about the cost-of-living crisis | Zoe Williams

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No matter how you crunch the UK data, prices are rising while average wages stagnate. The system is rigged – and it’s time we kicked over the toy dispenserAbout a decade ago, the financial crash was almost a decade old. Unrelatedly, my kids were under 10, so I was spending a lot more time in arcades. There’s a particular game involving a metal claw – it goes by the name of claw-game. You put in a…

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