Friday, January 11, 2008

"Conspicuous Consumption and Race"

Today on Slate, Ray Fisman discusses race and consumption. The piece centers on an unpublished study, "Conspicuous Consumption and Race", conducted by economists Kerwin Charles, Erik Hurst, and Nikolai Roussanov.

And interesting read, but it might just boil down to simple logic of competition ....

Click here to read Fisman's article

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