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The "snob effect" contrasts most other microeconomic models, in that the demand curve can have a positive slope, rather than the typical negatively sloped demand curve of normal goods. This situation is derived by the desire to own unusual, expensive or unique goods. These goods usually have a high economic value, but low practical value.
Snobs can through time be found ingratiating themselves with a range of prominent groups — soldiers (Sparta, 400 BCE), bishops (Rome, 1500), poets (Weimar, 1815) — for the primary interests of snobs is a distinction, and as its definition changes, so, naturally and immediately, will the objects of the snob's admiration. [1]
Effete and Impudent Snobs is the third album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows. [2] [3] It was released on March 23, 1990, by Amphetamine Reptile Records. [4]
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The Snob's Dictionary is a series of books by Vanity Fair contributing writer David Kamp [1] [2] that gently satirizes snobbery (cinephilia (Film Snob), [3] [4] [5] rock music (Rock Snob), [6] winery (Wine Snob) [7] and fine cuisine (Food Snob) [8] [9] [10]) which soon became a video series with some episodes narrated by actor Judah Friedlander.
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Scheming Basil Fawlty is a snob, but clueless King George III was not. Many snobs are climbers, but there are born snobs, as some that inherit undeservedly or unworthily. Another problem with the current definition is that it only considers one metric at a time; if the social world was a single ladder, one either is or is not on a higher rung.