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takes an incredible amount of labor to enable conspicuous leisure, and this labor upholds a gendered economy of value in which women’s bodies are assessed against men’s money. Bottle trains of champagne may seem irrational to a modern economist, but to an economic sociologist they are a type of ritual performance at the heart of hierarchical
... See moreAshley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
no more need to have them enforce our contracts.
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
Der Neid protestiert gegen eine Ungleichheit von Vermögen und Status. Die Fantasie der Gleichheit könnte sogar die Quelle der zweiten Konsumrevolution im 19. Jahrhundert gewesen sein, aus der der Massenkonsummarkt hervorging. Eine Vielzahl an massengefertigten Gütern wurde verfügbar und erschwinglich, der Lebensstil der Reichen wurde sichtbarer und
... See moreEva Illouz • Explosive Moderne: Eine scharfsinnige Analyse unserer emotionsgeladenen Gegenwart (German Edition)
money is the operating system of our society.
Scott Galloway • The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Success
In many ways, modern society seems to be using a slightly more complicated version of a Keynesian economic stimulus scheme where the economy is stimulated by having some people dig a hole, then having others fill it back in the next day. We create problems, spend the next day solving them, and then claim we have made progress. We're even following
... See moreJacob Lund Fisker • Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence
Scott Galloway • Post Corona: Higher Ed | No Mercy / No Malice
Stuff collection has increased in the United States over the last 100 years. The average American woman in the 1930s, for example, had 36 clothing items in her closet. People today who consulted a decluttering service were found to have 120, and most of them were rarely worn.
Michael Easter • The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
Another effect of free is that once something initially costs us nothing, it becomes very difficult to start paying for it later. Let’s face it: When the pain of paying is zero, we often get overly excited—and we get accustomed to that price.