Category: Model

Duesenberry Effect

June 12, 2026 By arne hendriks Off

Despite being mysteriously ignored and displaced by mainstream consumption theories, Duesenberry’s relative income hypothesis is highly relevant to contemporary societies where individuals are increasingly obsessing over growth. What makes it so difficult to overcome this obsession? One challenge seems to have something to do with…

World in a Gourd

February 2, 2023 By arne hendriks Off

Pumpkins, for one reason or another, are able to ignite our imagination. Just think of Cinderella and how in this fairytale a pumpkin turns into a coach and back into a pumpkin again. Perhaps its relative largeness within the vegetable kingdom enables the telling of…