Lilach Gilady
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The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations

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Some people buy expensive things just because they re expensive, not because they re higher quality, but because they offer social status and prestige. Lilach Gilady takes this idea, conspicuous consumption, to an international level, arguing that instead of ridiculously expensive watches, countries have their own bling from expensive weapons systems they don t need and can t maintain to foreign aid programs of little benefit to recipients and for similar reasons. In "The Price of Prestige" Gilady demonstrates how a state s motivation for embarking on costly but useless policies can be to esta...