Media Coverage

How Whole Foods, yoga, and NPR became the hallmarks of the modern elite

Our Consumption Habits Could Be Key To Helping The U.S. Cultural Divide

Veblen goods and urban distinction

Wait a Minute. How Can They Afford That When I Can’t?

L’élite degli «aspirazionali»

Il dio delle piccole cose: lussi alla portata di tutte

How 21st century Indian rich behave in the era of technology

Aux Etats-Unis, consommer des biens « qui ont du sens » creuse le gouffre des inégalités

Il nuovo consumo vistoso

Aesop, ou le nouveau snobisme

Quelli che mettono al muro le aspirazioni di classe

Fashion: How Will It Reflect On Us?

L’ostentation, tout en nuance

The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class, by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett

The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth

A Very Subtle Snobbery

Cultivée plutôt que riche, la «classe ambitieuse» change le rapport à la consommation

A classe “aspiracional”

L’aspirational class ou l’ethos des nouvelles élites américaines

La classe ambitieuse vise l’auto-reproduction

Books of the Year 2017

The Unseen Rules that Govern the Elite

‘The Sum of Small Things’, Inconspicuous Consumption, and the Small College Town

Modern American elites have come to favour inconspicuous consumption

The New Yuppies

The class dynamics of breastfeeding in the United States of America

Millennials are making it luxe to be more ethical and environmentally aware

Why a lot of Americans resent the cultured ‘New York City elite’

Kale chips and gluten-free are the Prada handbag of the new elite

L’illusione di essere élite

So Funktionieren Statussymbole Heut

Esta Es La Nueva Forma En La Que La Élite Muestra Su Riqueza (Ya No Con Bienes Materiales)

Ce cumperi atunci când plăteşti aproape dublu pentru o cafea ecologică, pentru o jachetă produsă local sau pentru un SUV Tesla?

How We Are Ruining America

The new, nearly invisible class markers that separate the American elite from everyone else

Richard Florida’s Frankenstein Moment

What your NPR tote bag and taste for farm-to-table meals have to do with income inequality

“Diese Leute sind immun gegen Kritik”

Books in brief

Are you part of the new aspirational class?

What’s wrong with the cultural elite?

The New Conspicuous Consumption

Art and the city

Fish Tales

The Financial Page

Mapping the Cultural Buzz: How Cool Is That?

The Geography of Buzz

The Warhol Economy

Why Are We So ‘Starstruck’?

Breaking: Anna Wintour Is Extremely Well Connected

L.A.’s Fashion Industry Goes Toe-to-Toe With New York’s

L.A. Is the “Most Fashionable” City in America, Report Says

Where Do Important Artists Come From?

What We Can Learn by Tracking the Movements of Fashion Designers

Why Cities Can’t Afford to Lose Their Artists

What Young People and One-Percenters Have in Common

More than just Game of Thrones: The big reads coming in 2017

Americans don’t need elite tastes to join the upper class