The Fiver | Some kind of footballing paper-slash-ready-meal hybrid

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If you want a copy of today’s Big Paper, it is available from your nearest newsagent (unless already sold out, which is obviously a risk) for £2. If you want a copy of yesterday’s Big Paper, it might be available for free from a recycling bin near you. This is how newspapernomics works. Yesterday’s news, with today’s date on it, has value; two-day-old news has less. Still, if you don’t mind older news, it is possible to save a lot of money on your newspapers. Or consider a supermarket ready meal. When factory-fresh it would cost, say, £4.95. But it has a use-by date upon it, and as this date approaches the supermarket might have to compromise on its price. This is how readymealonomics works. Still, if you don’t mind wilting spinach, it is possible to save a lot of money on your ready meals.

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