What are the distinctive features of the american capitalism ? Why do rich people like to waste money and show off their wealth ?

Thorstein Veblen and the American School of institutionalism

What are the distinctive features of the american capitalism ?

Why do rich people like to waste money and show off their wealth ?

Answer the following questions using the following links and uploaded files

http://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/06/rich-kids-of-instagram-berger-ways-of-seeing/

https://aeon.co/ideas/conspicuous-consumption-is-over-its-all-about-intangibles-now

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/17/the-legacy-of-veblen-in-the-age-of-post-industrial-capitalism/

http://qz.com/999078/the-new-conspicuous-consumption-is-a-lacrosse-playing-child-and-an-npr-tote-bag/