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Youtube Video of my TEDx AUEB Talk: The Pursuit of Happiness and Wealth: Aspirations and Status

Sources used in the presentation for further reading on the topic.

Aspirations Cultural Diffusion and the Long-run Economic Transformation: “Material Aspirations, Cultural Change, and the Transition towards Sustained Growth (Dioikitopoulos and Varvarigos, 2025, International Economic Review).

Status, Wealth and Inequality: Dynamic Status Effects, Savings and Income Inequality“, Dioikitopoulos, Wendner and Turnovsky, 2020, International Economic Review)

A captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present: The Journey of Humanity, Oded Galor, 2025 :

A breathtaking journey on how folklore stories of the past affect todays humanity values. Folklore (Xue and Michalopoulos, 2021, Quarterly Journal of Economics):
The Economic Lives of the Poor (Banerjee and Duflo, 2007, Journal of Economic Perspectives). The Economic Lives of the Poor.

Status and Income, (Clark and Senik, 2010, Economic Journal). Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe

Work in progress (not yet available).

Keeping Up with the Influencers”: Lifestyle Aspirations, Labour Supply, and Economic Growth, with D. Varvarigos

The Pursuit of Happiness and Wealth. Aspirations and Status.

Other nice staff to get inspired