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How to Stop Spending Money on Status Items for Self-Esteem
By The Home Economist| 2013-04-06T21:03:08+00:00 April 6th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Happiness & Money|Tags: buying things as a boost, buying things to feel better about yourself, do people buy things because they're miserable, feeling depressed and shopping, purses and ego, retail therapy, shopping to feel better, status items and self-esteem, why do people buy status items|
Most of us buy status items when feeling down to show others we're actually valuable. After those ego blows that slam us while we're parenting, working, excercising -- okay fine, living- we're more likely to spend big money on status items so we can prove to others that we're valuable, says Nathan Pettit, an assistant professor at NYU’s Stern School [...]