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Members of socioeconomic classes possess similar status assets, which lead to similar signaling strategies. As these individuals signal the same ways, their behavior becomes conventional to the community, and over time businesses offer specific goods—i.e., cultural artifacts—that cater to their taste. In this process a taste world is formed.
Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
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