What a difference a few decades makes. Elon Musk, the wealthiest person on the planet, portrays himself as a workaholic, working 80 to 100 hours per week. Celebrities brag about their busyness and ...

Three-quarters of Americans say they plan to trade down, forgoing more extravagant purchases in the future. For decades, the ...

Forget a fancy car or multiple foreign holidays a year, having three children is fast becoming the ultimate status symbol. Many of the nation’s most beloved mothers have a triptych brood in tow, from ...

Before influencers and verified badges, social status lived in tiny online flexes. Millennials still laugh about these early ...

Silvia Bellezza is an Associate Professor of Business in Marketing at Columbia Business School. Her research focuses on status signaling in consumption. Whom do you hold in higher regard: Jimmy Carter ...