LIFESTYLE, and flaunting how money is spent on goods and services, used to be obligatory coverage of celebrities, not just in the entertainment field. Glossy magazines, TV programs, and online media ...

It’s sometimes said that people buy products they don’t really need, with money they don’t really have, to impress people they don’t really like. This behaviour is known as conspicuous consumption ...

George H. W. Bush proclaimed during the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 that the American lifestyle was not up for negotiation. The president of the most resource-greedy country in the world pugnaciously ...

In this time of extreme climate crisis, it is critical that we all reduce our consumption. But should all the responsibility lie on individual consumers? Is it a policy issue for regulatory agencies ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Other than trophy homes and big box stores, large SUVs and pickups are the most blatant examples ...

Last week, people at Target nearly bloodied each other as they fought to get one of the new, special-edition Valentine's Day cups from Stanley, a company known for its TikTok-famous tumblers. Stanley ...

Buckle up, everyone; this post is going to be a long one. Today, I wanted to discuss the matter of conspicuous consumption: the art of spending relatively large sums of money on luxury goods. When you ...

When George W. Bush took office in January 2001, the economy was producing roughly $10 trillion worth of output annually. This year, it looks like production will be in the neighborhood of $13.5 ...