Welcome to European Tribune. It's gone a bit quiet around here these days, but it's still going.
Display:
Status Matters: Material Economy vs. Positional Economy | 37 comments (37 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Status Matters: Material Economy vs. (4.00 / 4)
Think "Potlatch"
North Western Indians when they found themselves posessed of a surfeit of wealth, had a dynamite party and gave it all away. Giving became a source of status, instead of getting.

Man, is that beautiful heresy.

 

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Sat Oct 20th, 2007 at 11:17:07 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Others have rated this comment as follows:

Jerome a Paris 4
melo 4
GreyHawk 4
metavision 4

Status Matters: Material Economy vs. Positional Economy | 37 comments (37 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Display:

Top Diaries

Another referendum in Scotland?

by IdiotSavant - Jun 16
9 comments

Will Sinn Fein Bail Boris Out?

by Frank Schnittger - Jun 15
12 comments

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

by Frank Schnittger - Jun 10
15 comments

Chronicle of a Foretold Election: A Third Round?

by Bernard - Jun 6
23 comments

The Teflon de Pfeffel Johnson

by Frank Schnittger - Jun 6
4 comments

Merkel Defends Her Legacy and Russia Policy

by Oui - Jun 8
103 comments

Energy (and Other) Events - June 2022

by gmoke - Jun 1
2 comments

Recent Diaries

Ukraine is an EU candidate

by IdiotSavant - Jun 24
1 comment

Iran Nuclear Deal and Sanctions

by Oui - Jun 23
2 comments

Fascist Jewish Settlers Murder With Impunity

by Oui - Jun 23

Thorstein Veblen on Leisure Class Government

by gmoke - Jun 22

Confronting Dark Colonial Past In Congo

by Oui - Jun 20

America In the Age of the Big Lie

by Oui - Jun 19
14 comments

Kaliningrad

by asdf - Jun 18
3 comments

Five-Eyes Wanted to Rid America of Trump

by Oui - Jun 18
4 comments

Another referendum in Scotland?

by IdiotSavant - Jun 16
9 comments

Will Sinn Fein Bail Boris Out?

by Frank Schnittger - Jun 15
12 comments

After 9/11 Vladimir Putin Was Hot In America

by Oui - Jun 13
10 comments

Catch 22: From Georgian War to Ukraine 2022

by Oui - Jun 12
40 comments

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

by Frank Schnittger - Jun 10
15 comments

Energiewende and Liberal Policymakers In EU

by Oui - Jun 9
4 comments

Merkel Defends Her Legacy and Russia Policy

by Oui - Jun 8
103 comments

The Teflon de Pfeffel Johnson

by Frank Schnittger - Jun 6
4 comments

Chronicle of a Foretold Election: A Third Round?

by Bernard - Jun 6
23 comments

Spain Urges NATO Role Southern Flank

by Oui - Jun 6

Joe Biden Promoting Human Rights In Middle East

by Oui - Jun 5
21 comments

The Isolation of Joe Biden by Saudis

by Oui - Jun 5
16 comments

More Diaries...

Occasional Series