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Jeff Bezos’ Flying Machine

June 29, 2021
by Caroline Miller
conspicuous consumption, Elizabeth Warren, greed, Jeff Bezos, Leona Helmsley, Scott Fitzgerald, wealth affects the brain, wealth tax
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Technology has given us marvelous opportunities that outstrip the pace of evolution. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up, which means we may fail to see the consequences of a change until it smacks us in the face. Social media is one example. On the plus side, drugs that treat deadly dis
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Price Point

August 27, 2019
by Caroline Miller
beauticians, conspicuous consumption, discriminatory pricing for women, hair products, Maggie Bullock, the price of vanity, women's hair products
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The new beautician at my mother’s retirement center has raised prices for a simple haircut. A clip that previously cost  $17 now costs $20 for a woman and $15.00 for a man. Discrimination of that kind raises my hackles, but, of course, we women aren’t new to it.   Some might arg
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Billionaires Who Think Small

February 19, 2018
by Caroline Miller
conspicuous consumption, DonaldTrump, James Atlas, Leonardo da Vinci, Paul Allen, Salvador Mundi, super-rich, The Optics of Success
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Using wealth to build monuments to oneself isn’t easy.  A person has to work to spend with panache, because bragging rights are becoming  competitive.  Recently, a Saudi Prince spent $450.3 million at Christie’s for Leonardo da Vinci’s, Salvador Mundi. (Click)
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Salivating For The EPI Life

February 17, 2016
by Caroline Miller
conspicuous consumption, couture gowns, D'Lish slippers, Dana Thomas, is that all there is?, Lauren Santo Domingo, luxury logos, luxury retailers, Modi Operations, what the super rich folks want
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Like the Marsh Hare from Alice In Wonderland, Extremely Important People (EPI) are wringing their hands and fretting.  “There’s nothing to buy.  There’s nothing to buy.”  That’s because large scale luxury providers have “sanded down” their merchandise and shifted thei
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Managing Contradictions In Higher Education

August 25, 2015
by Caroline Miller
conspicuous consumption, mogul abuse, polarities in higher education, rising cost of college tuition, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Thorstein Veblen, why universities raise tuition
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The United States is both practical and idealistic writes Siva Vaidhyanathan as he paraphrases the conclusions of Thorstein Veblen, a sociologist and economist who wrote at the turn of the 20th century.   Almost from the start, our educational system represented those polarities: Ha
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