alt.watch.obsessive Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Ignore the black/white issue... Inconspicuous Consumption About seven years ago, University of Chicago economists Kerwin Kofi Charles and Erik Hurst were researching the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I was surprised to see that article in AM. There have been a number of similar pieces written over the years, but, due to the unavoidable racial inferences, they are few & far between due to the current politically correct environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Thanks for sharing. Thus the reason for all the "multi-millionaire guy with the Timex watch" stories you keep hearing or better yet, $23 Billionaire Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart) who always drove an old Ford pickup to visit his stores. He didn't mind the wealth, just the ostentatious trappings of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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