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314 | Luxury Items

The Minimalists

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The Market Characteristics of a Luxury Good

Luxury goods have high income elasticity of demand. As people become wealthier, they will buy proportionately more luxury goods. So something that was a luxury good because it becomes ubiquitously available ceases to be a luxury good. That's why you have no matter where someone falls on the socioeconomic scale.

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