"Motor Yacht AV parked next to the seized Motor Yacht Amadea." Bystander captures photo of yacht seized by authorities ...

They're here to be your intimidating, Beyond Meat-eating trainer. Is caring about data privacy the new conspicuous consumption? Yes. But in order to get anyone to care at all, product designers ...

People want to exude more than status and wealth through their consumption behavior and they also want to show something of their personality. So there is a shift in attention from status to ...

In trying to define the rationale behind pointedly striving to acquire more than one could ever possibly need, economist Thorsten Veblen, had in 1899, coined the term "conspicuous consumption." ...

Ph.D. Economics, Binghamton University (SUNY), 2010, Conspicuous Consumption & Inequality: Theory and Evidence M.A. Economics, Western Illinois University B.B. Economics, Western Illinois University ...

By Claire Ballentine and Will Kubzansky From air-conditioned suburban malls to conspicuous consumption and the promise of free shipping, shopping is prac ...

It might seem perverse, writing from the Champs-Elysées, to talk about the challenge to conspicuous consumption. Not 200 yards from our office is Louis Vuitton's flagship store, and it has been ...

Wilson, Anne, Silvia Bellezza, and Michael I. Norton. "Minimalism as a Status Symbol: When and Why We Admire Conspicuous Non-Consumption." Working Paper, October 2019.