End of Conspicuous Consumption

The New Frugality: Even Well-off Consumers Tone Down Consumption

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

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ATLANTA -- It is a sign of the times when Sacha Taylor, a fixture on the charity circuit in this gala-happy city, digs out a 10-year-old dress to wear...

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Why Being Nouveau Pauvre Cheers Britain

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 11.29.2008 | Style

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Melissa Biggs Bradley

Despite their ancestors' experience with war-time thrift, the average Brit may be deeper in debt than their American cousin.

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