Faculty News
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Research Scholar Robert Frank on status emulation
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Excerpt from Globe and Mail -- "'All consumption norms are local,' writes Mr. Frank. '… The important practical point is that when the rich build bigger, they shift the frame of reference that shaped the demands of the near rich, who travel in the same social circles … and so on, all the way down.'" Additional coverage appeared in the Times Union blog.
Faculty News
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Excerpt from Globe and Mail -- "'All consumption norms are local,' writes Mr. Frank. '… The important practical point is that when the rich build bigger, they shift the frame of reference that shaped the demands of the near rich, who travel in the same social circles … and so on, all the way down.'" Additional coverage appeared in the Times Union blog.