François Ruegg

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François Ruegg is an emeritus professor at the University of Fribourg, known for his research on the ostentatious displays of wealth by the newly affluent in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet space. His studies explore how the fall of communist regimes allowed new elites to openly showcase their wealth through extravagant architecture, a phenomenon exemplified by the opulent homes built by wealthy Roma families in Romania and other Balkan countries.