Relative deprivation drove millennial economic striving

Evidence

Living in a world of tech IPOs, Kardashian hustle, and celebrity entrepreneurs, millennials suffered from “relative deprivation”—the nagging sense that everyone else was getting rich. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 307

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘relative deprivation’ — a concept directly applicable to the status-dynamics analysis of taste.
• CANDY: One-line definition of a social psychology term that makes a fun conversational hook.