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Jiang's recurring example of premodern wealth being spent into communal reputation and shared joy.
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big feast
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...But the first thing that people did was they had a big feast for everyone. They spent all their money on a big feast...."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...But the first thing that people did was they had a big feast for everyone. They spent all their money on a big feast...."
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"...But the first thing that people did was they had a big feast for everyone. They spent all their money on a big feast...."
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"...the first thing you do? Come on, guys. You have a big feast for everyone. Okay, so this is ingrained in us, okay? But..."
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"...when they got back to the village, they would hold a big feast for everyone and they would waste all this money. You understand?..."
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"...all their wealth would go into funeral expenses, okay, having a big feast for everyone. A third of their wealth would then go into..."
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The Dutch Golden Age begins with a poisoned Spanish windfall and ends with Vermeer exposing cracks in the respectable household.
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