tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post3258258333163792328..comments2024-03-17T05:58:44.116+08:00Comments on Economic Policy: Illusion of Being WealthyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-57400667926134212562008-11-28T12:47:00.000+08:002008-11-28T12:47:00.000+08:00The questionable value system is the desire to "sh...The questionable value system is the desire to "show-off". Thorsten Veblen called it "conspicuous consumption".<BR/><BR/>Has modern society moved very far from the feudal era when the gentry class were the rent-seekers and the others were just peasants?<BR/><BR/>I suspect not. It's just geography.de minimishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478671079348612565noreply@blogger.com