Consumers have long been famous for wishing they could keep up with the Joneses, but in the past decade they’ve gained even nearer neighbors with a habit of spending beyond their means — their own, online alter egos. As the Internet and related technologies have turned money into an even less tangible and further removed concept than the plastic of credit cards, the result may be a new and largely unacknowledged contributor to our economic woes.
Grandiose, Narcissistic, Impulsive E-Personalities — and What They Might Do to the Economy
Consumers have long been famous for wishing they could keep up with the Joneses, but in the past decade they’ve gained even nearer neighbors with a habit of spending beyond their means — their own, online alter egos. As the Internet and related technologies have turned money into an even less tangible and further removed […]
February 07, 2011
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