The root cause behind some of the most absurd and unprecedented popular cultural phenomena of the past year, from Trisha Paytas’ supposed congressional bid to Pantone’s color of the ...

Three-quarters of Americans say they plan to trade down, forgoing more extravagant purchases in the future. For decades, the markers of success in America followed a familiar script: bigger homes, ...

I still remember clutching a Beanie Baby in each hand at the age of five, begging my parents to buy me just one more. While these trends may seem harmless at first glance, they reflect a deeper ...

In recent days, the Globe has run several articles about Nantucket: one about vintage cars as a status symbol, costing as much as $300,000 (“On Nantucket, the new status symbol is an old car,” Page A1 ...