Luxury Items Research Paper

Spending and being able to afford luxury items has easily become part of a human’s everyday life and can even be considered human nature at this point in time. Humans for the most part purchase materials that they might consider essential to their life such as food, water, clothes, etc; however; it has become common within the societal norms to feel the need to flaunt the things that are purchased with our own money. The need to show off/flaunt to others about the things that one does have occurs because humans do not like to feel less than anyone else and so by buying things that are not really essential takes place in order to impress those around oneself and let them know that they too can afford luxury items/items that are too expensive. This is especially common within teenagers due to the fact that teenagers care for about what people think about them because they want to fit in and seem lavish and so they go out of their way to attain all the items in which they desire. In addition, impoverished within the current society seems to be a form

For example, every year a new IPhone becomes released to the public and people decide to purchase it not because they need it or because something is wrong with their phone but because they want to keep track of the newest trends and they want to be part of the trend and show off to others that they can afford these items every year because they are not indigent. Galbraith even believes that people buy things in order to make those want what they have and this is evident when he states “one man’s consumption becomes his neighbors wish”. Galbraith is able to point out that humans show off what they have and they do this to make sure the item is seen and therefore provoke jealousy within those that surround them and make others wish they had the items that they already hold in their