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  The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Reckoning

  Part 4 of 7 A canter through the history of luxury, consumption and desire The Reckoning LVMH’s fall, the superfake Rolex, Arnault versus the tech bros, and what happens when the phantasmagoria fails In the first quarter of 2025, Bernard Arnault — founder and chief executive of LVMH, the world’s…

  May 12, 2026