Psych Meds And Veblen Goods

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Psych Meds And Veblen Goods

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Psych Meds And Veblen Goods

Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Commentary
In high school in West Texas in the late 1970s, psych meds were Veblen goods; that is, products desired as markers of status. They were conspicuously consumed by the children of the…

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