Does inequality affect our perception of necessity and luxury? Does it change our preferences for certain goods? And if yes, what are the impact in terms of malnutruition? Eve Colson-Sihra talks about the research she conducted with Clément Bellet on the impact of exposure to inequality on the perceived needs of the poor in India.
Paper:
"Does Inequality Affect the Perception of Needs?" by Clément Bellet and Eve Colson-Sihra
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XfOvB3_k2IZHt1NowTFcKFwe4meqb6gg/view
Recommendations:
- "The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures" by Jean Baudrillard
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37328.TheConsumerSociety
- "The Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen
https://www.routledge.com/The-Theory-of-the-Leisure-Class/Veblen/p/book/9781560005629