Status Symbols

Will Pay for Status

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Consumer Behavior, Discrimination, Status, Race, Consumption, Status Symbols, Social Status Symbol, Symbol for Status, Symbol of Status, New Research, Status Symbol, Explained, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Art Markman, Ph.D.

In the U.S., the outward markings of success are for sale. The value of these status symbols is particularly high for people when they are feeling that they are being discriminated against.

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When Greed Is Good

Carine Fabius | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Greed, Vanity Fair, Valium, American Express, Elite, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Celebrity Reporting, Maximilian Widemann, Corporate Greed, Pop Graffiti, Bernie Madoff, In God We Trust, Status Symbols, Dsk, Arts News
Carine Fabius

2011-06-23-excess.jpgLondon-based Maximilian Widemann, a pop graffiti artist, channels horror over modern society's mind-bending fascination with money.

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Shouldn't All Americans Enjoy the Right to SUV Strollers?

Khanh Ho | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lifestyle, Parenting, Style, Economics, Homelessness, Strollers, Status-Symbols, Homeless, Mothers, Recession, Baby Stroller, New York News
Khanh Ho

If all economically challenged Americans were granted access to SUV strollers, no doubt, we would see more purpose-driven Americans on the streets, holding their heads up high with the dignity of a first-time mother.

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The "New" Plastic Surgery: In Which Fat Becomes The New Black

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: It Bag, The New New Face, Face Lift, Plastic Surgery, Birkin Bag, Status Symbols, NY Magazine, Fashion, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

All Americans are rich. Even the poorest among us live high on the hog compared to many other countries and 90% of human history. But some of us are...

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