| 单词 | positional goods |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspositional goods positional goods n. Economics (F. Hirsch's name for) goods which are in limited supply and which become more sought after as material prosperity increases. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > particular class of line1834 town-made1835 run1861 brand1864 sideline1886 make1909 name brand1944 white goods1947 brown goods1976 positional goods1976 1976 F. Hirsch Social Limits to Growth iii. 27 The positional economy..relates to all aspects of goods, services, work positions, and other social relationships that are either (1) scarce in some absolute or socially imposed sense or (2) subject to congestion or crowding through more extensive use... If..positional goods remain in fixed supply while material goods become more plentiful, the price of positional goods will rise, as consumers' relative intensity of demand for them increases in terms of material goods. 1977 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 Feb. 10/3 ‘Positional goods’—a house at the shore, tenure on the Harvard faculty, a Picasso on the wall. 1992 Economist 26 Dec. 92/1 Unduly costly..products, which are no more (and maybe less) useful than their functional equivalents, are sometimes called ‘positional goods’: goods that are valued not despite their expense, but because of it. < as lemmas |
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