The Status Revolution - Hardcover

By: Chuck Thompson;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Finance - Business - Economics,

ISBN: 9781476764948

SKU: BE501084887665

Pages: 288

Description: "Status was once easy to identify: fast cars, fancy shoes, sprawling estates, elite brands. But in place of Louboutins and Lamborghinis, the relevance of the rich, famous, and gauche is waning and a riveting revolution is underfoot. Why do dog owners boast about their rescues, but quietly apologize for their purebreds? Why do people brag about their grinding workweeks? Why are so many billionaires anxious to give (some of) their money away rather than hoard it? In The Status Revolution, Chuck Thompson ... sets out to determine what 'status' means today and learns that what was once considered the low life has become the high life"--