Maker of shoddy bulletproof vests. Pays for Aerosmith, Tom Petty, and 50 cent to appear at daughter’s birthday party.
Materialism
Dave Brubeck, Really living in adversity
We lived in a corrugated tin one room shack with no windows Brubeck says of the hard times that lasted well into his 30s.
How we define the good life
According to a Roper Center study in 1975, a lot of Americans thought the good life meant a happy marriage, one or more children,
House of Global Crossing founder
Gary Winnick, fiber optic giant Global Crossing, sold tons of stock at the top, and was puttering around his $94M house in Bel Air
Sean John car
The Sean John Lincoln Navigator SUV comes complete with platinum coated emblems, six TV screens, three DVD players, and a Play Station console.
Adam Perry Lang, Owner Chef and Daisy May
I got a frantic call from a movie studio executive’s personal assistant the other morning. Her boss had to have Daisy May’s for dinner
Tim Parks
This is the contradiction behind so much mental activity in the West. We love money and what we imagine it can do and buy,
Thomas Hill
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David Brooks
Karl Marx argued that classes are defined by their means of production. Brooks argues they are defined by their consumption.