When Thorstein Veblen invented the notion of “conspicuous consumption” he was not thinking of a crypto tycoon paying $6.2mn for a banana and consuming it. Or a digital asset with no fundamental value changing hands for almost $100,000. But the 19th-century sociologist would recognise his theories in both events. Bitcoin and bananas are now Veblen goods.
當(dāng)索爾斯坦?維布倫(Thorstein Veblen)發(fā)明“炫耀性消費”這一概念時,他并沒有想到一個加密貨幣大亨會花費620萬美元購買并消費一根香蕉,或者一個沒有基本價值的數(shù)字資產(chǎn)以近10萬美元的價格易手。但這位19世紀(jì)的社會學(xué)家會在這兩個事件中看到他的理論。比特幣和香蕉現(xiàn)在都是維布倫商品。
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