Questions

1. Which item on the list is the most surprising to you? Which is the least? Why?

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   Chapter 7 - 8. Forbes Price Index of Luxury Goods Keeps Pace with Inflation - Questions: Which item on the list is the most surprising to you? Which is the least? Why?
2. Which items on the list are within the grasp of the majority of consumers? Which are completely out of range? What do you consider luxuries in your own life? How do they compare with those on the list?

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   Chapter 7 - 8. Forbes Price Index of Luxury Goods Keeps Pace with Inflation - Questions: Which items on the list are within the grasp of the majority of consumers? Which are completely out of range? What do you consider luxuries in your own life? How do they compare with those on the list?
3. In his Philosophical Dictionary (1764), the French author Voltaire wrote, “People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it.” Do more people declaim or delight in luxury? Which do you find yourself doing more? How does this chart affect your view of luxury? Of wealth? Of consumerism and materialism? Of the economy? Refer to Voltaire’s epigrammatic statement in your response.

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   Chapter 7 - 8. Forbes Price Index of Luxury Goods Keeps Pace with Inflation - Questions: In his Philosophical Dictionary (1764), the French author Voltaire wrote, “People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it.” Do more people declaim or delight in luxury? Which do you find yourself doing more? How does this chart affect your view of luxury? Of wealth? Of consumerism and materialism? Of the economy? Refer to Voltaire’s epigrammatic statement in your response.
4. Do you think people should pay more in taxes—pay what we call a “luxury tax”—on purchases of items such as those on this list? Why or why not?

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   Chapter 7 - 8. Forbes Price Index of Luxury Goods Keeps Pace with Inflation - Questions: Do you think people should pay more in taxes—pay what we call a “luxury tax”—on purchases of items such as those on this list? Why or why not?