In the past, people displayed their membership in the upper class with their material accouterments. As the economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen famously observed in his 1899 book “The Theory of ...
Postcolonial states are treated similarly and regarded as incapable of successfully deploying investment, technology, industrial and developmental policies. Thorstein Veblen and Karl Polanyi, among ...
Austrian hi-fi brand Pro-Ject is probably best known for making high-end gear affordable, with its excellent Debut line a good example. But the company does make ultra-high-end models too, and now ...