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The construction projects are likely funded by an economic revival that has pumped cash, financial resources and material goods into the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

While the relationship between money and happiness is typically framed as a choice between spending on material goods or spending on experiences, many Americans are expressing a different desire for their money: saving more.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025

Giving Tuesday’s arrival days after Thanksgiving and Black Friday snaps us out of the funk brought on by consumption of food and material goods at peak levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

As Bob Batchelor wrote in his paper "Advertising in the 1920s," most Americans both had more financial success than they had in the previous decade and increasingly equated material goods with personal success.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023

But others who study consumer behavior say that the wanting and getting of material goods is not just a competitive exercise.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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