| 单词 | conspicuous consumption |
| 例句 | But despite his aversion to money and conspicuous consumption, Chris’s political leanings could not be described as liberal. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Donut King" celebrates Ngoy's efforts at becoming a self-made man, but it also chronicles his conspicuous consumption — and not just of donuts. The riveting saga of "The Donut King," who was seduced by dough, money and power 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Nick, a self-described “anarchist of the left,” is nervous about money, and it is Meg who manages to turn conspicuous consumption into an act of rebellion. Movie Review: Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan in ‘Le Week-End’ 2014-03-13T14:29:45Z He’s a man who’s made, or come on, inherited, his money and wants to show it off via some conspicuous consumption. Move over metrosexuals, here comes the “yummy” 2014-03-25T18:47:00Z A monument to conspicuous consumption, it was filled with an endless catalogue of objects purchased simply because the Vanderbilts could buy them. An Immigrant Named Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Under the unctuous tutelage of local merchant Monsieur Lhereux, Emma, who has a weakness for personal vanity, discovers the joys of conspicuous consumption. 'Madame Bovary' lovely but as constrained as Flaubert's heroine 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z This is the only way I can explain why I perused each celebrity’s current advice columns for conspicuous consumption and, much to my shock, found some items that in 2023 seem . . . reasonably priced, comparatively speaking. From Goop to Oprah, this year's gift guides may signal the end of the world 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z The New Zealand teenager Lorde released a debut single, "Royals," that puts down a culture of conspicuous consumption, and distributed it first for free. Pope, pop singer share MTVU award 2013-12-10T17:48:29Z He is not an advocate for social media in its present form, and is no fan of conspicuous consumption. Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier – review 2013-02-27T07:59:01Z Why: In a world of conspicuous consumption, there is no place more conspicuous to do your consuming. Shop and gawk Rodeo Drive 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Pen & Pixel rightly understood hip-hop as a fantasy of abundance and made its covers into conspicuous consumption cornucopias. Celebrating the Fast-Moving, Bug-Eyed, Wily World of Hip-Hop Mixtape Covers 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Fleck and Ms. Boden, specialists in social dramas, are an appropriate choice for an episode that’s more about psychology than conspicuous consumption. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 11: The Doctor Is In 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Likewise, his starting point of 1954 makes sense, but there's room for a much longer view on the history of class and conspicuous consumption. Consumed: How Shopping Fed the Class System by Harry Wallop – review 2013-01-18T09:01:01Z And ever more so in an age of Instagram, he told me recently, when conspicuous consumption plays out in real time, making the objects we choose to keep seem even more personal. Souvenirs 101 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In it she plays the matriarch of a fake family, sent to suburbia to hawk face creams and golf clubs and other totems of conspicuous consumption. Sabattical Done, Demi Moore Returns 2010-04-16T23:12:00Z There was enormous social pressure to engage in what is obviously a folly: to begin adulthood by lying, by making up fraudulent histories, by pretending that you’re independent, by grotesque and unoriginal conspicuous consumption. Your wedding's been cancelled by the coronavirus lockdown? Good 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z A chunk of that drama of conspicuous consumption — good, bad and indifferent — is now on view in Fort Worth. The shock, critique, theatricality of '80s art, on view in Fort Worth 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z I find The Washington Post Magazine offensive in its celebration of outrageous luxury and conspicuous consumption. Letters: Readers on cemeteries, The Post’s Luxury Issue and active shooters 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z We’re not even accorded in this world of conspicuous consumption the magnitude of a runway show that would keep our own eyes popping. Review | Theresa Rebeck’s riff on Restoration comedy is not quite a smash 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z She began filing articles about food, frugality, conspicuous consumption and her impassioned crusade for public schools, turning the last into a well-reviewed multimedia opus, “Mother on Fire.” For Sandra Tsing Loh, Change is Good 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z “Because it was such a rare, desirable piece of equipment at the time, it seemed to reek of conspicuous consumption,” he said. Noticed: Users of iPhones Put a Flourish in E-Signatures 2011-02-11T22:46:06Z This week, a leading technology company released a new product that may represent either the pinnacle of its achievement or a showy gadget that’s a tribute to needless conspicuous consumption. Tivo Creates $5000 DVR, Reminder of Your Eventual Mortality 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z But they also consider their products to be a kind of quiet critique of “it” bags and the attendant cult of conspicuous consumption. The Montreal Brothers Behind a Jet Set Leather Brand 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z To become Edna, Humphries would put on a mauve wig, an increasingly rococo pair of eyeglasses and a glittering gown that screeched conspicuous consumption. The Cathartic Value of Dame Edna’s Extravaganzas of Ego 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z This is the Hamptons, after all, where conspicuous consumption is an Olympics-caliber sport. Where to Show Off Your $5 Million Horse 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Embedded in this chosen identity is a predilection for display that goes beyond conspicuous consumption. How MTV's "Jersey Shore" fetishized the Guido, a subversive ethnic stereotype that America disdained 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Times Square is also a selfie nirvana, the ultimate tribute to conspicuous consumption and the epicenter of the city’s vital theater scene. Bypass congested Times Square for a more satisfying New York City experience 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Back in the day they were also a form of conspicuous consumption: some cost $700 or more. Celebrating the Stereos of the Street 2010-10-15T15:45:00Z Part of Kardashian West’s value lies in how easy it is to hate her, the conspicuous consumption she embodies and how in turn, her name has come to mean so many things. Kim Kardashian West at 40: how the queen of social media changed the world 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z I wanted to show that the 1980s were not all flashy clothes and conspicuous consumption, that poverty existed in between episodes of "Dallas" and "Dynasty." "Stranger Things" and the frustrations of nostalgia 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z In Veblen’s mind, conspicuous consumption was spending more money on items than they are really worth. Half a billion on Halloween pet costumes is latest sign of America’s out-of-control consumerism 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z If, on the other hand, to your eyes conspicuous consumption varies little in form and spirit from century to century and always looks a little gross, you’ll be less impressed. Small Shows at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-08-05T22:21:00Z Mr. Thompson frets about hip-hop’s future, now that only “conspicuous consumption and conspicuous charisma” seem to matter. Books of The Times: Questlove Publishes His Memoir, ‘Mo’ Meta Blues’ 2013-06-25T22:04:39Z Amid these temples of conspicuous consumption are two of Miami’s newest museums, right next to each other, and both free. 36 Hours in Miami and Miami Beach 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Isn’t competitive mothering and conspicuous consumption, as Bravo’s “Housewives” conglomerate demonstrates, a contact sport in Beverly Hills; McLean, Va; or Potomac, Md.; or wherever? The harried tale of ‘Primates of Park Avenue’ 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Inflation, fears about climate change and growing concern about waste and conspicuous consumption are driving a new interest in frugality. How Will We Eat in 2023? Here Are 10 Predictions. 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z An attack on conspicuous consumption, it was equally a product of the culture it satirised, though Terry Hands's timely production proves that the play is far from a prisoner of the 1980s. A Small Family Business 2010-05-12T21:00:00Z In the mecca of conspicuous consumption that is the Super Bowl, Madonna – the most material of all the girls – was right at home Sunday as the queen of halftime. Madonna sells, sells, sells at Super Bowl halftime 2012-02-06T00:37:00Z His research often entailed firsthand field work, as when, in pursuit of conspicuous consumption, he became a passenger on one of the last flights of the Concorde. David Rakoff, Award-Winning Humorist, Dies at 47 2012-08-10T15:50:38Z The chiefs and their wives and children are icons of conspicuous consumption. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z The decade it belonged to was flush with wealth worship, class striving and conspicuous consumption. How ‘MTV Cribs’ Rewired My Brain, and Maybe Yours Too 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z But the idea that brunch was ever anything but what Shaftel calls “conspicuous consumption disguised as urbanity” is absurd. Leave brunch alone! 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z THE holidays are a time for family, for reflection, for conspicuous consumption. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z He wants to explore their values, if that’s the word: It seems that everyone is flagrantly competitive, always boastful, with no sense of shame where conspicuous consumption is concerned. Review: Kevin Kwan’s ‘China Rich Girlfriend’ Skewers Vulgar Wealth in Asia 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Exasperated by cycles of conspicuous consumption, he is incredulous that reliance upon a corporate employer would offer him greater freedom. Review | ‘Welfare’ offers a sly critique of public assistance — and capitalism 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The music of “Prayer Song” hovers with electric-piano chords and wordless backup voices; the lyrics are a kaleidoscopic, free-associative vision of Los Angeles, touching on lust, violence, gentrification, plastic surgery, masculinity, conspicuous consumption and religion. On Her Debut Album, Noname Is a Sly Hip-Hop Maverick 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Pole dancing figures in more than one song; so does the assumption that what all women want besides his prowess is conspicuous consumption. New Music: New Albums by R. Kelly and Parmalee 2013-12-09T22:29:43Z Although vodka is traditional for toasting, Champagne and Cognac are also popular now in Russia, representing the new pleasures of conspicuous consumption. Russian New Year’s Eve: Christmas, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, All Rolled Into One 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Everything about the film has been faulted, even its enthusiastic embrace of flamboyant conspicuous consumption, an ethos, nay, a philosophy, that often inspired little more than indulgent chuckles in the past. Film: Un-Innocents Abroad: The Drubbing 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z The show was a portrait of wealth, glamour, conspicuous consumption and narcissism — nothing more, really. ‘Dynasty’ or ‘Dallas’? Squaring Off in the Lily Pond 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z There is more at work here than conspicuous consumption. Net costs 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Architectural Digest: How did you evoke the conspicuous consumption of the era? The Sets of 2013-12-23T05:00:00Z Some of the satire is lame, including a sketch on American conspicuous consumption. Eurepica. Challenge ? review 2011-07-22T17:38:50Z With their audacious entrances and conspicuous consumption, they are the most visible new customers for couture in a generation, far outspending clients from emerging economies like India, Brazil and China. The Russians Claim the Fashion Spotlight 2012-06-29T20:17:42Z Could anyone else fully appreciate its overstated opulence and conspicuous consumption? Scene Stealers: Robin Leach Rolls on in Las Vegas 2014-04-18T19:22:28Z But, whether you're a Goldman Sachs executive engaging in conspicuous consumption or a playgoer on a budget, people are spending money on Broadway. There's no business like Broadway's: lessons in ticket pricing from New York 2011-01-17T12:02:54Z "Her biography is a wonderfully lurid and colorful story of conspicuous consumption, failed marriages, affairs, illnesses, bickering and boozing," said Geoffrey Macnab. World media pay tribute to film's "last goddess" 2011-03-24T11:33:05Z That frenzied moment of spending seemed like another world altogether compared with this year’s Biennale, which opened to the public on Saturday and is about discovery and looking closely, not conspicuous consumption. A Contemplative Venice Biennale, With Less Financial Frenzy 2013-06-02T20:17:59Z I'd written a few years earlier predicting their demise as they were eclipsed by mobile phones, but they still seemed to be covetable objects of conspicuous consumption. Less is more: the age of minimalism 2011-02-11T07:59:01Z In the early ’90s, purchase of contemporary art began to eclipse all other forms of conspicuous consumption. The ‘Kanye West of Furniture’ Is Now Nesting in the ’Burbs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Excessive conspicuous consumption was pure oxygen to Smith’s gossip page. How Liz Smith invented Donald Trump 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z It is a marvel that the French want anything to do with a holiday meal so completely predicated on conspicuous consumption and performance anxiety. How not to cook a Thanksgiving turkey 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z There isn't much conspicuous consumption around at the moment. David Mitchell: 'Sarkozy has the only plane in which you can make Yorkshire puddings' 2011-07-30T23:05:53Z The tension improves the song; it’s about contention, not just conspicuous consumption. Music Review: Jay-Z Frets on ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ 2013-07-04T22:31:32Z Internet use has developed in ways that have normalized self-absorption and conspicuous consumption; our society’s feel-good relationship with the internet has anaesthetized the gradual but near total loss of privacy involved in the tradeoff. Julian Assange’s latest wake-up call 2013-04-30T17:42:00Z It was the days before bottle service, and the Tunnel was also a place for the elites of rap to scale the heights of conspicuous consumption. Peter Gatien, the ’90s ‘Club King,’ Wants His Final Say 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z However, Goop is far alone in constructing merry gift guides tilting toward eye-popping conspicuous consumption. Breakfast with giraffes? Goop’s ridiculous holiday gift guide makes Oprah’s look downright re... 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z With an army of briefcase-carrying bankers marching across the stage in a parade of conspicuous consumption, Purcarete brings Swift's satire into the 21st century. Gulliver's Travels – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-19T15:58:15Z They also ask viewers to think — as deeply as possible in a 77-minute movie — about conspicuous consumption, the exploitation of child labor and the hypocrisy of corporate do-gooderism. Stream These 5 Chilling New Horror Movies 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z And if that's not the perfect souvenir of a night out with a true poet of conspicuous consumption, I don't know what would be. Streets takeover: Charting Drake's progress 2011-02-07T12:37:43Z Thompson is correct that certain kinds of conspicuous consumption, especially when they suggest snobbery or cruelty, no longer confer status in the sense of “love from the world.” Money Can’t Buy Happiness. It Can’t Even Buy Status, a New Book Says. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Want a story of power, greed and conspicuous consumption? Critic?s Notebook: Books to Bury Yourself In 2011-05-26T22:07:19Z Carter and West know that they need to humanise all the conspicuous consumption. Jay-Z & Kanye West: Watch the Throne ? review 2011-08-13T23:05:27Z Mr. Cowen’s prose is animated by his dislike of sanctimonious, more-organic-than-thou types — the foodie liberal elite — but his book is its own elaborate exercise in conspicuous consumption and reverse snobbery. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z “He embodied the American Dream to them. Excessive conspicuous consumption is not a bad thing in New York to a lot of people.” How Liz Smith invented Donald Trump 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z I sauntered over, climbed in and dropped the hardtop to complete the moment of conspicuous consumption. Car of the Week: 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL 550 2012-05-18T21:19:12Z The tremendous expansion of the art market over the past half-century has been naturally accompanied by countless Moses-type critics, denouncing its spectacles of conspicuous consumption and calling for moral and political corrections. Art Review: Hyman Bloom’s Rabbi Paintings at White Box 2013-08-29T22:07:24Z Dior splashes shamelessly into the theater of spectacle, for those in a position to flaunt conspicuous consumption. Critical Shopper: At Dior, a New Look That?s More of a Sneer 2010-12-29T20:50:03Z Rooms dedicated to the baron’s conspicuous consumption — a dining room, for example, that seems to have been spray-painted with 24-karat gold — alternate with more conventional galleries. In a Quiet Corner of Italy... Trieste 2011-04-29T19:35:37Z I hate everything about it: their bragging and conspicuous consumption of wealth, their showy friends, and my now-irredeemable relationship with my sister. What’s Wrong With Three Women Going Camping? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Maybe a designer, even a sculptor, but not of that frivolous, trend-watching, conspicuous consumption known as fashion. Tokyo museum exhibits Issey Miyake's constant innovations 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z To him, the mods' conspicuous consumption was a form of defiant working-class aspiration, while to another early mod, Steve Sparks, it was spawned by art school beatniks. The A-Z of Mod by Paolo Hewitt and Mark Baxter – review 2012-06-01T10:00:01Z “Luxury” is a word now almost solely associated with objects and conspicuous consumption — a stand-in for “expensive” that ignores the feeling of luxury found in the small micro-luxuries of everyday life. Valet is the pinnacle of aspirational L.A. living 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Sometimes the gangs spend the money on conspicuous consumption, like most other white-collar criminals. Crips, other street gangs used pandemic money to fuel crime 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z One result of the prosperity generated by Italian mercantile success was the rise of a culture of conspicuous consumption. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “However, unfortunately, there are still elements of whimsy, conspicuous consumption, corruption and bellicose posturing behind some event hosting decisions.” Venezuela hosts event of sports, table games and geopolitics 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Such conspicuous consumption by the ruling family is at odds with North Korea’s socialist ideology and officially banned under United Nations sanctions, but members of North Korea’s elite continue to defy the sanctions, experts say. North Korea’s ‘first daughter’ spotted wearing Dior jacket — or dupe 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z But the rise of de-influencing videos may be the most foreboding omen of all: a stark rejection of social media’s typically conspicuous consumption. What's 'de-influencing'? In an inflated economy, social media stars embrace the cheap 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z For more than a decade, Future has been a troubadour of toxicity and the artist most responsible for how rappers sound when delivering odes to the conspicuous consumption of codeine, couture and companions. Review | On the “One Big Party” tour, past glories and Future aspirations 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z He wanted a haven for conspicuous consumption, he went on, a place that offers escape for those who can afford it. Recession? What Recession? Pass Me Some Grapes. 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z “In all these years, no evidence has emerged to justify the investment we have made in human spaceflight - save the prestige involved in this conspicuous consumption,” he said. NASA’s mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “In all these years, no evidence has emerged to justify the investment we have made in human spaceflight — save the prestige involved in this conspicuous consumption,” he said. NASA’s mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Kurtis Blow was a pioneer, sporting half a dozen gold chains on the cover of his self-titled 1980 debut; those now look like wispy strands compared with today’s bedazzled concoctions of conspicuous consumption. What hip-hop bling reveals about American status anxiety 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The wealth that fuels the art market is deeply implicated in the carbon economy, and the superstructure of art fairs, markets, biennales and blockbuster exhibitions is dependent on carbon-intensive travel and conspicuous consumption. Perspective | When activists attacked Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers,’ they affirmed its power 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z For example, it is possible that interactions with dogs or cats can make people more or less willing to engage in conspicuous consumption. Dog owners take more risks, cat owners are more cautious, research finds 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z One common theme among the prosecutions is the conspicuous consumption of those who stole from taxpayers, with thieves buying luxury cars and property or paying for plastic surgery and shopping sprees. Secret Service recaptures $2.3 billion in bogus pandemic benefits 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z In coining the phrase “conspicuous consumption,” Veblen identified the means by which one class of nonproducers exploited the working class that produced the goods for their consumption. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Hip-hop jewelry might have its roots in conspicuous consumption, but it’s also a form of creative expression, as unique to an artist as flow or songwriting. What hip-hop bling reveals about American status anxiety 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Miyake even detested being called a fashion designer, choosing not to identify with what he saw as a frivolous, trend-watching, conspicuous consumption. Famed Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The mural itself got some attention, but it really took off when the owner started sharing it online, with the kind of conspicuous consumption that was inescapable during the NFT boom. The graffiti economics behind Williamsburg’s wall of NFTs 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Scandal is no stranger to “The Real Housewives,” Bravo’s hit reality franchise about the conspicuous consumption and constant backbiting of affluent women from New York to Salt Lake. The Erika Jayne/Tom Girardi saga upended 'Real Housewives.' Here's where things stand 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Even those Americans who continued to make a modest income during the Great Depression lost the drive for conspicuous consumption that they exhibited in the 1920s. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Such conspicuous consumption helped Low’s social media following mushroom. A Singaporean OnlyFans erotic star faces months in prison for nude photos 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Yet more of anything is not necessarily good, especially not at a moment when unchecked production and conspicuous consumption spell planetary demise. How Should Art Reckon With Climate Change? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z An expensive toy for worthless people, the megayacht is the epitome of conspicuous consumption. A short list of Russian yacht seizures 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But don’t be mistaken: This is conspicuous consumption as coping mechanism. Review | Tyler, the Creator keeps reinventing himself in concert 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Like conspicuous consumption in consumer goods, these new digital status symbols let people affirm and display their membership in identity groups and their place in social hierarchies. Analysis | Why are Twitter and Facebook embracing NFTs? Because we love status symbols. 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Dominating the front of the Dec. 6 Metro section were two full-color photographs paying homage to over-the-top, non-newsworthy displays of conspicuous consumption. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What we left out of ‘Images of 2021’ 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Showmanship was the point, because what else would motivate someone to capture such conspicuous consumption? Perspective | Financial ‘FOMO’: How Facebook and Instagram can lead to bad spending habits 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The next generation doubled it, and the generation after that, well, they became “the definition of conspicuous consumption,” Cooper said, building New York City palaces and buying boats and the like. Anderson Cooper's son, Wyatt, is out of luck: Dad doesn't believe in big inheritances 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Xi instituted a sweeping crackdown on both corruption and his political rivals, which tamped down some of the fervor for deals and conspicuous consumption. In China’s elite circles, thousand-dollar soups, luxury watches and detention roulette 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z "Using variation within US states over time, we document a robust association between the distribution of conspicuous consumption and violent crime," authors Daniel and Joan Hicks noted. How Republicans unleashed a new crime wave in America — through worsening inequality 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z More frequently, as in the case of “New Jersey’s” Teresa Giudice, the conspicuous consumption crucial to the franchise’s formula casts a very public spotlight on the family finances. How 'The Real Housewives'' glam arms race gets its cast into hot water 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z As a newly arrived immigrant, Navratilova was called “a walking delegate for conspicuous consumption” by The New York Times in 1975. Martina Navratilova Has Plenty to Say 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z But conspicuous consumption such as expensive cars and designer clothing is deemed not acceptable. In Virginia hunt country, Middleburg is for the well-heeled and the well-shod 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” adds a novel ingredient — Mormonism — to the usual pettiness, plastic surgery and conspicuous consumption. Meet Anna Shay, the rich, unbothered star of Netflix's 'Bling Empire' 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z For him, the industry is merely about conspicuous consumption and self-indulgence — and should simply be allowed to die. Opinion | Fashion Will Not Disappear. It Will Transform. 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Like their counterparts elsewhere in the country, the affluent women of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” thrive on petty drama, conspicuous consumption and regular visits to the plastic surgeon. Not your model Mormons: Inside the absurd, profound new 'Housewives' 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z With the rise of business wealth in China came also conspicuous consumption and a new venue for gambling. Belgian racing pigeon fetches record price of $1.9 million 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z The gilt of this period — staggering wealth accumulated by a tiny slice of the population — created a new American aristocracy whose members outdid one another at the true American pastime, conspicuous consumption. Review | Corruption and greed in America’s new Gilded Age 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The conspicuous consumption that goes into celebrating far too often takes away from the “why” of the gathering. Perspective | Zoom birthday parties. Drive-up wedding and graduation celebrations. Covid-19 is helping people party without a big price tag. 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z The Sims has long been a virtual monument to conspicuous consumption. First Thing: coronavirus is making a comeback in parts of the US 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Comparisons to a real-life knighted retail giant are there to be made in a cutting satire on ostentatious wealth, conspicuous consumption and the globalisation of labour. Films lookahead: 20 movies not to miss in 2020 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z And these are not people running in the social circles of the Kardashian clan, who are known for their conspicuous consumption. Perspective | Making financial resolutions for the New Year? Here are six books you need to read in 2020. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Natural wine suited the anxious conspicuous consumption of our times; it was both virtuous and indulgent. How Natural Wine Became a Symbol of Virtuous Consumption 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The Milken Institute’s annual conference attracts thousands of the world’s most powerful people — from government, finance, medicine, Hollywood and the like — for a frenzy of high-powered networking and conspicuous consumption. Symbol of ’80s Greed Stands to Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Increasingly, conspicuous consumption of the Ben Ali and Trabelsi families threw into sharp relief the privilege enjoyed by the few in power and the privation of the vast majority of Tunisians. Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian despot whose ouster helped spark Arab Spring, dies at 83 - The Washington Post 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z She set a new standard for conspicuous consumption, acquiring the derogatory nickname “Gucci Grace” and shattering his reputation for personal honesty. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean leader who helped liberate and destroy his country, dies at 95 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The urban middle class, all ambition and conspicuous consumption, now numbers some 400 million people. In a workaholic China, the stressed-out find a refuge with monks and Sanskrit 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “It’s conspicuous consumption,” said Bob Mann, an aviation industry analyst. That Noise? It’s the 1%, Helicoptering Over Your Traffic Jam 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Dimitrovgrad is also regarded as the birthplace of chalga, a pop-folk style of music that embraces the sort of vulgar lyrics and conspicuous consumption that would have shocked the early pioneers. We built this city: the 90-year-olds who made a metropolis 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z We live in an age of conspicuous consumption: instead of status-signalling with expensive accessories we gain social currency by documenting our carefully curated, highly filtered experiences online, and it is increasingly shaping our physical environment. An avocado cafe is my worst nightmare. But this is Instagram’s world now – we just live in it | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z “He embodied the American Dream to them. Excessive, conspicuous consumption is not a bad thing in New York to a lot of people.” Opinion | A real story of fake news: Trump’s wealth 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z But the defense claimed the government’s narrative of a flood of cash fueling Guzman’s conspicuous consumption was wildly exaggerated. Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z High executive pay is a touchy topic in Japan, where conspicuous consumption is frowned upon and wealth gaps are contentious. Japan firms have no plans to strengthen governance after Ghosn... 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Sky-high executive pay is a touchy topic in Japan, where conspicuous consumption is frowned upon and wealth gaps are contentious. Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn affair raises issues beyond one man, one company 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z But a corruption crackdown under Xi Jinping, the Communist Party’s top leader, put a halt to conspicuous consumption, and the brands must remain wary of a yawning wealth gap that has developed in China. In China, Dolce & Gabbana Draws Fire and Accusations of Racism on Social Media 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z He was notorious for lampooning fashion and the conspicuous consumption of high fashion by using absurdist motifs, such as question marks and slogan T-shirts. 'I hate the idea of exclusivity': Moschino's Jeremy Scott on his H&M collaboration 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z It’s outside that I must do the hard work of reconciling my love of humble Tex-Mex, even a pretty version of it, with this amusement park of conspicuous consumption. Review | Tex-Mex gets a tasty makeover at the new Guapo’s location: Georgetown 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The conspicuous consumption of energy required by cryptocurrencies is the opposite of what is meant by green power. Bitcoin ‘miners’ squander our electrical energy to feed warehouses packed with computers 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z The billboard at the center on the north side of the arterial Northwest 65th Street tempts every motorist heading north on 15th Avenue Northwest with a dream of conspicuous consumption. There were crashes in 1936, but not involving this luxurious Lincoln 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z In recent years, she argues, the rich have begun to “spend significantly less on conspicuous consumption and more on inconspicuous consumption”, such as “education, healthcare, pensions, and personal insurance”. How to Spend It: the shopping list for the 1% 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z From the top to the bottom of the income spectrum, people use conspicuous consumption and other means of enhancing their image to project status. Does inequality cause suicide, drug abuse and mental illness? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Hip hop is still a genre that revels in braggadocio and conspicuous consumption, and Mr Lamar is no different from his peers. Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer moment 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The conspicuous consumption of some preachers doesn't deter Christians from giving either. Who really benefits from Nigeria's 'prosperity gospel'? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z That conspicuous consumption of the ’80s and the relative lack of it now underline the crucial differences between the two eras. Bright Lights, Big Shoulder Pads: A Timid Japan Recalls Its Bubble Era 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But you don’t want to overdo it – no one thinks conspicuous consumption is a good look. Perfect prams for perfect parents: the rise of the bougie buggy 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Their owners’ conspicuous consumption became a source of social tension in a country where the average salary still hovers around $25 a month. Castro freezes Cuban private sector, throws future in doubt 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z He was a deluded showman presiding over a gilded age of conspicuous consumption and trickle-down economics. Trump still doesn't understand why 'you're fired' can't work like it did on TV | Richard Wolffe 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The conspicuous consumption around Christmas was everywhere, and the weight of expectation felt out of control. One Christmas, I ran out of money. Instead of coming clean, I felt ashamed | Reni Eddo-Lodge 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z In “Voila,” Williams mimics a ‘80s computer voice and in “1000” he and Future mock conspicuous consumption in a New Wave style. Review: New N.E.R.D. album both frustrating and intriguing 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Such growth is commonly attributed to the burgeoning size and wealth of China’s middle class, with its enthusiasm for conspicuous consumption and traditional medicines. Asian Elephants Are Now Being Killed for Their Skin 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Such ideas hark back to an economist and sociologist named Thorstein Veblen, who invented the concept of conspicuous consumption back in 1899. How market research revolutionised advertising and shopping 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z These wealthy folks showed their status through “conspicuous consumption” — that is, the material goods that offered no additional utility than less expensive versions. Apple's New $1,000 iPhone X Is Luxuriously Out of Touch 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s no longer about getting lost in a fantasy of success or conspicuous consumption. Twin Peaks: The Return created a new kind of escapist TV 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z In the 1970s and ’80s, home builders used it extensively in advertisements, perhaps to make conspicuous consumption seem patriotic. The Transformation of the ‘American Dream’ 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z It was a form of product placement, and going to the ballet became a form of conspicuous consumption. Revisiting “Jewels”, 50 years on 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z But the result was especially startling in Kensington, an enclave of extreme opulence within a city generally familiar with displays of conspicuous consumption. In Kensington, a super-posh neighborhood of London, signs of Labour’s new strength 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z According to the government’s Consumer Expenditure Survey, the top 1% households are spending less on conspicuous consumption than they were 20 years ago. Apple's New $1,000 iPhone X Is Luxuriously Out of Touch 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Abigail’s Party satirised the early symptoms of a trend that would be accelerated during the Thatcher years of the 1980s: conspicuous consumption. Is China to blame for the global avocado shortage? 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The sociologist Thorstein Veblen got nearer it when in 1899, four years after The Breakers was completed, he first published the phrase “conspicuous consumption”. In this new Gilded Age, robber barons are no longer the villains | Ian Jack 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z A national anti-corruption campaign has also targeted the conspicuous consumption of exotic animalia at government banquets. Pandas, Pangolins, and China’s Fitful Attempts at Wildlife Conservation 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Almost 120 years ago, during the first Gilded Age, sociologist Thorstein Veblen coined the term “conspicuous consumption”. The new status symbol: it’s not what you spend – it’s how hard you work 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z We are wired into this, which may be an explanation for the conspicuous consumption that consumes so much of wealth, as it's a way to define rank or the power to survive. The Future of Not Working 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z You might be wondering what made me venture into the bloodless heart of conspicuous consumption. Review | Glittering Tysons Corner offers another gem: The Indian food at Street Kitchen 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Spurning “conspicuous consumption,” a favorite phrase, may seem far-fetched for a country that just elected Donald J. Trump to be president. A Lefty Legend Pleads for a Return to a New Deal Ethos 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z One way to look at it is an exercise in self-indulgence and conspicuous consumption. A billionaire, Gwen Stefani and a horde of camels bolster the Trump economy 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z If conspicuous consumption involves the worship of luxury, conspicuous production involves the worship of labor. The new status symbol: it’s not what you spend – it’s how hard you work 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z What part of a wise prime ministerial strategy might include juxtaposing austerity with an appearance in the pages of the global handbook of conspicuous consumption? Theresa May’s Vogue shoot is a smart fashion statement | Anne Perkins 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Flaunting conspicuous consumption, dripping with jewels, her image was that of a woman who knew how to get what she wanted. Zsa Zsa Gabor knew femininity was a performance. She played it perfectly | Suzanne Moore 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Sales of luxury goods are rising, after a slowdown in China and less conspicuous consumption put a damper on them last year. A Donald Trump-Led Trip Back to the Gold-Plated ’80s 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Remarkably, despite his conspicuous consumption, his people believe he’s just like them. Time to take out the trash: Donald Trump’s legacy is vanity, tastelessness, classlessness and men behaving badly 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z If conspicuous consumption celebrates gratuitous spending, conspicuous production celebrates gratuitous working. The new status symbol: it’s not what you spend – it’s how hard you work 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z In 1899, the Swedish sociologist Thorsten Veblen coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” in his book “The Theory of the Leisure Class”. Will the internet kill off conspicuous consumption? | Richard Sennett and Carlo Ratti 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z What used to be aspirational started becoming an in-your-face statement of conspicuous consumption. Grey pride: why brutalist architecture is back in style 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The whole East End appears to now be some combination of a 1% enclave, replete with helicopters hovering overhead and conspicuous consumption, and a playground for the loud and inebriated . Montauk Goes High-End 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The Beatles, of course, ended up fabulously wealthy but the idea of rejecting conspicuous consumption and not worshiping wealth caught on, for at least a while, with the baby boomers. The Gospel of Wealth 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z As their money piles up higher and higher, their conspicuous consumption knows no bounds—they are building palatial homes and massive art collections and even gold-plated bunkers to protect themselves in case of an uprising. The .1 percent are the true villains: What Americans don’t understand about income inequality 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Today, conspicuous consumption, which defined much of 20th century material culture, is at a turning point. Will the internet kill off conspicuous consumption? | Richard Sennett and Carlo Ratti 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In some countries, wearing them is a sign of conspicuous consumption, and in other countries it is a sign that you’re really down to earth. Ugg: the look that refused to die | Marisa Meltzer 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z More than a century ago, US economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen coined the term conspicuous consumption as the attaining and exhibiting of costly items to impress others2. Make recycled goods covetable 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z But new money, as Thorstein Veblen theorized, asserts itself through conspicuous consumption. China’s Rich Kids Head West 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The Industrial Revolution also spurred a desire for conspicuous consumption, particularly among the newly emerging middle class. What makes a house a home? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z As with many cinematic depictions of wealth, the conspicuous consumption is just as hot, and sometimes hotter, than the sex. In 'Billions,' Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti are alpha males doing battle 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z “It’s all about conspicuous consumption, to show that you have status and you have money. It’s very much a status symbol there.” Ugg: the look that refused to die | Marisa Meltzer 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Luxury sales began their decline in late 2013 after Beijing started cracking down on corruption and conspicuous consumption. Hong Kong Retail Slows as Mainland Tourists Stay Away 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z He has been unrepentant about his profiteering ways so far and most recently demonstrated his penchant for conspicuous consumption by purchasing the Wu-Tang Clan's $2 million Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album. Pharma pariah Martin Shkreli arrested on suspicion of securities fraud 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z But I needed to win over my wife, Mariko, who is thrifty, hates coupes and loathes conspicuous consumption. When the Car Reviewer Buys a Car 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z As if the recession never happened, we’re still culturally obsessed with conspicuous consumption, financed with credit because it’s our only way around flatlined incomes and sketchy employment prospects. Black Friday is the Donald Trump of holidays: Inside the absurdity if a holiday tradition 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z IT IS a capitalist country but it is dominated by state-owned enterprises; it is an oil giant but it eschews conspicuous consumption. Norwegian blues 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The juxtaposition of conspicuous consumption inside and terror outside was typical of Didion’s illuminating journalism. Didion’s journey through New Journalism and personal heartache 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z A government anti-corruption campaign has played a role by leading many people to avoid conspicuous consumption. Luxury goods firms keep careful eye on demand from China as markets plunge, economy slows 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z But "the acceptance of conspicuous consumption is back." How America’s truck, the Ford F-150, became a plaything for the rich 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z But for everyone else, this is a "look at me" signal that will attract either excitement or disdain at your conspicuous consumption with every turn you make. Things I learned driving a supercar for the first time 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z They upset traditional categories of liberal and progressive by singing Latin polyphony on the weekends, spending summers in Calcutta serving the poor, and taking courses where they learn to critique forms of conspicuous consumption. The Gift of the Millennial Catholic to the Church 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Having rich friends is like the next level of conspicuous consumption. 'Bitch, I’m Madonna' is the latest tone-deaf music video out of the Tidal exclusive vault 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z These aren't real products, of course, but an art project poking fun at Asia's obsession with beauty and its propensity for conspicuous consumption. Mixed fortunes for Singapore's overseas campuses - BBC News 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Thorstein Veblen’s theory of conspicuous consumption is the prototypical example, and many contemporary critiques retain the same basic logic. Can Ya Dig It?—How Rebels, Hipsters and Mr. (and Ms.) Cool Reshaped Consumer Culture [Excerpt] 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z After all, watches are already the classic conspicuous consumption product. What Sci-Fi Got Wrong About the Apple Watch: Vanity 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z There is plenty of conspicuous consumption in “Pretty Woman.” ‘Pretty Woman’ is turning 25. Here are nine of the movie’s gifts to pop culture. 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z This study compared the global trade in shark fins to trade in sea cucumbers, and found that the news isn’t universally good for conspicuous consumption products based on threatened sea life.. Trade in Shark Fins Takes a Plunge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Luxury property sales took a hit last year as China's anti-corruption campaign discouraged conspicuous consumption, but buyers are now taking advantage of easier credit and a stock market rally to upgrade their homes. Chinese developers to hike luxury project prices in prime cities 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Seneca addresses the strains between his philosophical commitments and his conspicuous consumption. The Man to Know in Ancient Rome 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z But the Apple Watch, released today, reminds us that there is one thing they all got wrong: the role of conspicuous consumption. What Sci-Fi Got Wrong About the Apple Watch: Vanity 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “The fear of conspicuous consumption is dead,” says Michelle Krebs, senior analyst with AutoTrader.com. Drop your top: Convertibles poised to make a comeback 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The goal is to shut down all conspicuous consumption. A new year brings a new ‘21-Day Financial Fast’ 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Soon, Shanxi coal barons became notorious for conspicuous consumption, sometimes using suitcases of cash to snap up apartments by the dozen in central Beijing. In Limbo, a City in China Faces Life After Graft 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The attitude on conspicuous consumption has shifted, perhaps due to recent and continuing economic uncertainty, from being proud to show off how much we can afford to spend to being ashamed at consuming too conspicuously. Six Customer Trends That Will Build Or Break Your Business As We Enter 2015 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Purchasing breakfast from a street vendor is conspicuous consumption? What People Buy Where 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z This year's annual ritual of conspicuous consumption promises an even greater contrast. Black Friday highlights the contrast between rich and poor 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z “This is not a story about conspicuous consumption,” Passaro writes there. Author and editor William McPherson describes descent into poverty 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Lina Fan, who runs an estate in the Bordeaux region that produces some of France’s finest wines, is feeling the pain of China’s crackdown on conspicuous consumption. Bordeaux wines feel pain of Chinese crackdown on lavish living Paul Krugman recently complained that the rich were going back to the days of conspicuous consumption. Paul Krugman And Liberals Need To Decide If They Want The Rich To Spend Or Save Their Money 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z San Diego and Dallas outspend Boston and Phoenix on conspicuous consumption. What People Buy Where 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Yes, the three of us plead guilty to conspicuous consumption wretched excess. Couch slouch: Reaching a tipping point against NFL Sundays It’s also on display when some conservatives commentators like Peggy Noonan and Charles Murray criticize the conspicuous consumption of America’s gilded elite, he says. Paul Krugman debunks David Brooks: Why his latest column is an epic subtweet 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Even then, exploits based on conspicuous consumption were necessary elements of showing you had made it: Look at how much time I can spend doing nonproductive things. Brunch is a waste of time, money and drunken pleasure that you don't have 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Then again, it might just be a new way to fuel conspicuous consumption, albeit in a more financially responsible and potentially less wasteful way. Is Owning Overrated? The Rental Economy Rises 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The geography of conspicuous consumption shows us who we are and who we are becoming. What People Buy Where 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Indeed, Treasury Wines’ new chief executive, Michael A. Clarke, told analysts in April that the company was feeling pressure from Xi’s campaign to curtail conspicuous consumption. China Crackdown Turns Treasury Wines Into a Takeover Target 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Buying a Rolls is a paragon of conspicuous consumption, which is making a strong comeback since the economic turmoil of 2009. A Rolls-Royce in Every Driveway? 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Indeed what they offer is often wasted on business get-togethers or the spurious pleasures of conspicuous consumption. Further Reflections On The Legendary French Restaurants 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z But more important than propelling the Set to suddenly convenient exotic places for its conspicuous consumption, the jet propelled the mass public into a whole new level of aspiration. Book review: “Jet Set,” glamour and romance of flying, by William Stadiem Overall, the story applies the pejorative label "conspicuous consumption" to some very odd things -goat meat? What People Buy Where 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Many people are prone to conspicuous consumption—accumulating luxury items and flashing them for all to see in an effort to gain status points among peers. The Manager In Red Sneakers 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z While the short answer is “any way they want,” the debate over inequality often focuses on the financial habits of the 1 percent — whether it be conspicuous consumption or charity. Weekend Reading: Finding the Best Way to Spend $2 Billion 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Within this lot is some cautionary metaphor about conspicuous consumption reigning, again. Jeff Koons's Popeye Is The Fifth Column 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Calder Loth, senior architectural historian with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, said Carter’s Grove represents a “conspicuous example of conspicuous consumption.” Historic Va. plantation heading to auction 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z In the case of a character like Bruce Wayne, it still makes a certain amount of sense to cast a white guy in a role that represents the conspicuous consumption of real-world billionaires. America deserves better superheroes: Why a straight, white Spider-Man is no longer a real underdog 2014-04-29T14:01:00Z Writing is what Veblen would call “conspicuous consumption,” a task primarily done by a “leisure class” uninhibited by manual labor. The real secret to making it as a writer: Be fabulously wealthy before you even start 2014-03-30T13:00:00Z Shopping Cart Prices are high for the neighborhood, but easily rationalized as these are conversation pieces, not objects of conspicuous consumption. Critical Shopper: Shopping at Swords-Smith, a New Clothing Store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2014-02-04T21:28:45Z “That’s what we’re really talking about, highly conspicuous consumption as wealth flows from the broader population to a very small subset.” $28,000 a Night: Hotels Race to Cater to the Superrich 2014-01-20T20:21:49Z So while I appreciate the got-your-back sentiment displayed at the screening, I do think conspicuous consumption is a pretty terrible organizing principle. What Wolf of Wallstreet can (or can't) Teach Us about the Secret to Life 2014-01-06T17:04:00Z It’s recently become more prized by a new capitalist elite in Vietnam—where it’s mixed with wine at parties, an emblem of conspicuous consumption—and China. The Irish Clan Behind Europe's Rhino-Horn Theft Epidemic 2014-01-02T18:14:47Z "They're willing to spend on big purchases .... but what we're definitely not seeing is a return to what I would describe as conspicuous consumption." UK retailers say talk of economic recovery premature 2013-09-12T10:42:25Z When Ms. Welch graduated in 1988, money mattered, she said in post on Twitter, “but conspicuous consumption events were rare.” Harvard Business Students See Class as Divisive an Issue as Gender 2013-09-09T21:11:56Z Mr. Roman is very much alive, but Mr. Sourek said the imposing mausoleum was included on the tour because it was a telling monument to conspicuous consumption in a corrupt age. Prague Journal: On the Crony Safari, a Tour of a City’s Corruption 2013-08-13T00:03:26Z For this huge sum of money to be spent on an edifice for commerce and conspicuous consumption seems at best misguided.” Square Feet: Mormon-Backed Mall Breathes Life into Salt Lake City 2013-07-09T22:40:33Z Ever since Thorsten Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisured Class in 1899, economic status has been signaled by conspicuous consumption and grandstanding leisure. Internet anonymity is the height of chic 2013-06-12T16:40:02Z Restraints on conspicuous consumption – once considered gauche and tacky – were loosening, said Hernandez. How wealth of Silicon Valley's tech elite created a world apart 2013-05-25T23:04:15Z There is that forgotten glaze of conspicuous consumption here, a sense of a powerful leisure economy at football's elbow, of infrastructure still being stoked and resources to be spread thickly. Bayern Munich are a wounded giant eager to win the Champions League 2013-05-18T21:00:14Z Thorstein Veblen developed this idea in “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” the 1899 book that coined the term “conspicuous consumption” — the kind of consumption that is intended to impress others. Economic View: The Charitable Deduction and Why It Needs to Stay 2012-12-15T21:08:55Z The influence of decades of socialist ideology, of Gandhi and his asceticism, of a generalised distaste for conspicuous consumption have waned rapidly. The rise and fall of Vijay Mallya: are India's boom times ending? 2012-11-12T20:00:02Z Status on social media was demonstrated similarly by conspicuous consumption's online counterpart: conspicuous presence. Internet anonymity is the height of chic 2013-06-12T16:40:02Z But the “Gilded Age” was also a famously unequal one, with America’s robber barons and Europe’s “Downton Abbey” classes amassing huge wealth: the concept of “conspicuous consumption” dates back to 1899. Inequality and the world economy: True Progressivism 2012-10-11T15:07:28Z Many of them believe it should consist of something more than individual autonomy and conspicuous consumption. How It Happened 2012-09-17T05:00:00Z For ordinary Chinese today, conspicuous consumption is "a car, or an apartment," he said. IHT Rendezvous: Portraits of China's People (and Their Possessions) 2012-09-07T06:31:38Z Rising incomes have also encouraged conspicuous consumption of premium brands. Insight: African alcohol binge raises pressure for crackdown 2012-08-07T14:26:42Z Then came the fire sale of his personal assets, including a Lear jet and a Renoir that were emblems of Mr. Devaney's conspicuous consumption. Once Reviled, Hedge-Fund Manager Rebounds 2012-04-20T19:47:25Z It’s a city of conspicuous consumption where wealth rarely expresses itself quietly or subtly. India Ink: In Delhi and Mumbai, Dueling Fashion (and Fashion Weeks) 2012-03-02T07:32:13Z Long Clawson’s Stilton Gold cheese contains edible gold leaf.Then again, with those pesky Occupy Wall Street protests and concerns about distribution of wealth, conspicuous consumption is a little less popular than it once was. The One Percent Gift Guide 2011-12-16T16:35:35Z But a deeper look at the data reveals it would be wrong to suggest that conspicuous consumption is back in any way. Analysis: Are Americans really shopping until they drop? 2011-11-28T22:55:18Z But in this season of European austerity, organizers are trying to play down the glittering display’s conspicuous consumption — of energy. French Sun in the South Fuels a Festive Glow in Paris 2011-11-23T20:51:21Z Yet around Waterbury, which suffered severe damage as a result of Hurricane Irene, there are few signs of conspicuous consumption. DealBook: An Investor Creates a Tempest in a Coffee Cup 2011-10-18T01:45:47Z The impractical bathing dress of silk fabric was worn by those who could afford this extravagance; thus, the conspicuous consumption of the “leisure class” was even found at the beaches. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z Luxury brands from Chanel to Ferrari have flocked to the city in recent years, to cater to this crowd’s love of conspicuous consumption. India Ink: Le Cirque Comes to India 2011-09-28T12:36:00Z For Russians, interest in luxury properties is as much evidence of conspicuous consumption as it is efforts to capture bargains, said Edward Mermelstein, a real-estate attorney with offices in New York and Moscow. Russian invasion of U.S. home market 2011-08-11T22:46:05Z But then came one last example of his obscene conspicuous consumption. Eric Cantor: A debt ceiling shonda 2011-07-22T11:45:00Z It’s an object of conspicuous consumption as befits the captains of finance. $25 and Under: New Lobster Rolls 2011-07-13T02:20:07Z As millions around the world expect a dreamland day, the Royal Family also has to be wary of conspicuous consumption. How the Monarchy Allows Britannia to Make Waves 2011-04-28T10:05:00Z A rockabilly band played songs about conspicuous consumption. In the Beefsteak Revival, Gluttony Is Good 2011-04-17T01:11:24Z Last week Beijing’s municipal government unveiled a new clampdown on advertising seen as encouraging conspicuous consumption. Chinese Fashionistas Embrace Personal Style 2011-04-03T14:00:00Z Out of Japanese women over 20, almost half own a Louis Vuitton handbag, an enthusiasm for this form of conspicuous consumption thought to be related to population density and limited chances for display. Japan's agony? Just think about the effect on celebrities 2011-03-20T00:04:25Z Initially it was a form of showing off or conspicuous consumption. Chinese come to their Cuban comrades' rescue by lighting up cigars 2011-02-22T14:51:53Z "Because it was such a rare, desirable piece of equipment at the time, it seemed to reek of conspicuous consumption," he said. Put a personal twist on your e-signature 2011-02-17T03:30:05Z Worry about inflation and over-valued property markets did not dampen Beijing residents' enthusiasm for the ultimate in conspicuous consumption -- fireworks that light up the sky and are gone in a puff. Fireworks rock China as leaders visit drought areas 2011-02-03T07:30:12Z Certain marquee forms of conspicuous consumption never really went away. Conspicuous Consumption Is Back 2011-01-28T03:48:00Z Particular anger was directed at the former president's family, widely despised for its conspicuous consumption and perceived corruption. Pressure on Tunisian PM increases 2011-01-22T23:15:01Z The conspicuous consumption of the motor industry was a world away from the gentle life of 's most famous creations. Exit the fins man and the Womble woman 2011-01-05T14:12:42Z If there is no more to life than overeating and conspicuous consumption, then what's the point of it all? Seasonal spending makes for merry Christmas ? but how happy will the new year be? 2010-12-27T00:02:01Z Chastened by the brutal lessons of the worst economic downturn in decades, Americans swore off conspicuous consumption and resolved to embrace the thrifty ways of their grandparents who lived through the Great Depression. The Urge to Splurge Is Creeping Back 2010-11-29T13:00:00Z New ways to show off Attitudes to conspicuous consumption are changing. Schumpeter: The business of sharing 2010-10-14T11:20:00Z It appears, for instance, to be a by-product of conspicuous consumption. The biology of business: Homo administrans 2010-09-23T10:46:00Z Here in England consolidation beat conspicuous consumption, except at City, who bought into the myth of Robinho one summer, then bought their way out again 12 months later, not caring if anyone thought them decadent. Manchester City pay for their expensive taste and excessive waste 2010-08-31T20:55:00Z A few years ago, Atlanta was voted the No. 1 city in the country with ‘most conspicuous consumption.’ In Georgia, a Megamansion Is Finally Sold 2010-08-21T20:32:00Z It's old-fashioned conspicuous consumption, which is why I don't suppose the buyer will guard their anonymity for long – certainly not from friends. ?140m for a flat? Perhaps the buyer would like to see my Kilburn des res 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z From the 1880s into the early 20th century the American Robber Barons indulged in a degree of conspicuous consumption that made them the focus of a new variation of fame: that of the fantastically wealthy. Book Review: The Importance of Being Famous 2010-08-12T21:00:00Z Unlike Gulfstreams, fancy firearms are a form of conspicuous consumption that the rich paradoxically keep private, in part out of concern that some in polite society view the hobby as, well, nuts. Guns as Fine Art 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z I made the only purchase in the store – $1.50 for a dozen eggs, which shouldn't be a conspicuous consumption in a rich country. Why not pay welfare in cash? 2010-07-25T12:00:00Z The global recession may have put a dent into the market for the conspicuous consumption of cycling white elephants like these, says KGS's Saunders. The World's Most Expensive Bicycles 2010-07-08T22:00:00Z Bloomberg Spent More as Market Bounced Back After a decade of conspicuous consumption — a town house here, a private jet there — Mayor seemed to slam on the brakes in 2008 during the recession. As Slump Slowed, Mayor?s Own Spending Picks Up 2010-06-12T00:51:00Z Some of the women have also grown up and grown more serious coming off an economic downturn and a shift away from conspicuous consumption. The WAGs Tone It Down a Bit 2010-06-11T01:17:00Z This is a country with a passion for the game that is still vast despite all the grumbles about the conspicuous consumption of overpaid footballers. England's ability to fill Fifa's coffers could still pay off for 2018 World Cup 2010-05-17T23:10:00Z But there’s another element in the picture, a variation on the economist Thorstein Veblen’s famous “Theory of the Leisure Class,” with its emphasis on conspicuous consumption as the most obvious emblem of worldly success. Letter from America: Best Place to Live? It's All Relative 2010-04-21T14:00:00Z In his 1899 book, “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” he coined the term “conspicuous consumption” to describe how people, rich or poor, acquire cool stuff to impress and to establish a pecking order. Prototype: At Vertu, Designing Six-Figure Cellphones 2010-04-17T22:27:00Z Less conspicuous consumption: Affluent consumers are dusting off their credit cards and spending once again on jewelry, private jets and luxury hotels, reports the New York Times. Economic Agenda: April 12, 2010 2010-04-12T12:08:00Z His reflection that “I guess it’s fair to say that the excesses of investment bankers were just an extreme example of conspicuous consumption in a disposable age” is simply dimwitted. Book Review | 'On the Brink,' by Henry M. Paulson Jr. 2010-03-19T23:44:00Z "In India, for example, you see some particularly conspicuous consumption and when that's juxtaposed against the grinding poverty of the rest of the nation, it surely does have an effect on social stability," he said. Developing nations storm rich list as Mexican named world's wealthiest 2010-03-10T23:05:00Z Back in 1899, in “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” Thorstein Veblen described homeownership, particularly of large and expensive dwellings, as “conspicuous consumption.” Economic View: Mom, Apple Pie and Mortgages 2010-03-06T21:06:00Z As a symbol of conspicuous consumption, or of a lack of regard for the environment, the Hummer makes its owners look distinctly out of touch with the current public mood. Hummer RIP? 2010-02-25T12:31:00Z To their privileged owners they were coveted objects, symbols of conspicuous consumption to be displayed alongside paintings, sculpture and silverware. 2010-01-08T15:24:00Z This mark, in modern society, is conspicuous consumption. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation This isn't the old-time expanding economy based on obsolescence and conspicuous consumption. This Crowded Earth The need of vicarious leisure, or conspicuous consumption of service, is a dominant incentive to the keeping of servants. Theory of the Leisure Class He would give banquets and build palaces—the end being always "the conspicuous consumption of goods". Love's Pilgrimage Organizations such as the IMF and World Bank will never be possessed of a shred of moral authority in these parts of the world unless and until they forgo their conspicuous consumption. Crime and Corruption Its members' conspicuous consumption, mostly of imports, does little to support the local economy. Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era They immersed themselves in conspicuous consumption, the badly matched purchases of the nouveaux riches replete with the vulgar manners of unrefined power. After the Rain : how the West lost the East The more reputable, "presentable" portion of middle-class household paraphernalia are, on the one hand, items of conspicuous consumption, and on the other hand, apparatus for putting in evidence the vicarious leisure rendered by the housewife. Theory of the Leisure Class The demand comes from that portion of womankind which is excluded by the canons of good repute from all effectual work, and which is closely reserved for a life of leisure and conspicuous consumption. Theory of the Leisure Class High-bred manners and ways of living are items of conformity to the norm of conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption. Theory of the Leisure Class The emphasis is thereby throw on an austere and discomforting vicarious leisure, to the neglect of conspicuous consumption as a means of grace. Theory of the Leisure Class And it should be added that this wealth which is held sacred is valued primarily for the sake of the good repute to be got through its conspicuous consumption. Theory of the Leisure Class No class of society, not even the most abjectly poor, forgoes all customary conspicuous consumption. Theory of the Leisure Class Those persons whose time and energy are employed in these matters privately avow that all these observances, as well as the incidental attention to dress and other conspicuous consumption, are very irksome but altogether unavoidable. Theory of the Leisure Class Lower still, where any degree of leisure, even ostensible, has become impracticable for the wife, the conspicuous consumption of goods remains and is carried on by the wife and children. Theory of the Leisure Class It is evident, therefore, that the present trend of the development is in the direction of heightening the utility of conspicuous consumption as compared with leisure. Theory of the Leisure Class It is not that the city population is by nature much more eager for the peculiar complacency that comes of a conspicuous consumption, nor has the rural population less regard for pecuniary decency. Theory of the Leisure Class Under the simple test of effectiveness for advertising, we should expect to find leisure and the conspicuous consumption of goods dividing the field of pecuniary emulation pretty evenly between them at the outset. Theory of the Leisure Class These commonly are items of conspicuous consumption, and are therefore honorific in their nature and may legitimately be accounted beautiful. Theory of the Leisure Class This partial substitution of pecuniary for sacerdotal efficiency is a concomitant of the modern transition from conspicuous leisure to conspicuous consumption, as the chief means of reputability. Theory of the Leisure Class The conspicuous consumption, and the consequent increased expense, required in the reputable maintenance of a child is very considerable and acts as a powerful deterrent. Theory of the Leisure Class In the latter case the sanctuary and its fittings take on more of the fashion given to goods destined for the conspicuous consumption of a temporal master or owner. Theory of the Leisure Class As has already been seen, the imperative example set by the upper class in fixing the canons of reputability fosters the practice of conspicuous consumption. Theory of the Leisure Class Moreover, such surplus energy as is available is also likely to be expended in the acquisition of goods for conspicuous consumption or conspicuous boarding. 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