Theodore Koutsobinas’s Updates

The Political Economy of Status: Superstars, Markets and Culture Change


A favourable 5 page review of my book at the mainstream, influential and mathematically oriented "Journal of Economics" where the reviewer notes that "The implications of Koutsobinas’s work are far reaching. As such there is much to like about a book that takes stock of the literature on social comparisons, by updating and integrating it with contributions from other social sciences (...) the most convincing argument is put forward in terms of culture change interventions: the reduction of competition for positional goods is achieved by adopting alternative social and cultural norms which emphasize creativity, productivity, less competition and less excess consumption." The reviewer "enjoyed reading the book because it is a sign that “times they are changing”: !!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00712-018-0595-3