The devices were used to track movement and measure productivity—an insightful foreshadowing of our current preoccupation ...

This behavior is known as conspicuous consumption because these consumers want others to see them with the product. Until now, it has been assumed that conspicuous consumption is irrational and ...

The Vatican has unveiled a new mascot for the Catholic Church in the hope of engaging young people - a cartoon character named Luce. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Vatican's chief organiser for ...

Parachute ‘D.B. Cooper’ hijacker used in 1971 may have been found ...

She gets every cultural reference, from brat to Brat Pack, from simp to “The Simpsons,” from skibidi to yabba dabba doo. In his human form, Algor resembled a mix of George Clooney, Tom Cruise ...

Her necklace could have ended world hunger. The studded diamonds were blinging in the kitchen lights, blinding me, and also keeping me awake as she regaled me with a long story of her grandson’s ...

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Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, the Vatican has launched a cartoon mascot unveiled Monday as the cheerful face of the Catholic Church’s upcoming holy year. The mascot, named Luce — which means ...

Conspicuous consumption was not a part of their repertoire. The old cultural trait to look to the future to ensure that their children lived ‘better’ was reinforced by the newer immigrant ...

In the 1990s, Julia Roberts took pop culture by storm as the happy hooker of Pretty Woman, a fable of Wall Street princes and conspicuous consumption. We live in a different and darker landscape ...

At no point does anyone look at her situation and say, “Wow, when you think about it, all this wealth and conspicuous consumption we’re surrounded by is obscene.” Though one character seems ...