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Conspicuous Consumption

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ou...

Theory of the Leisure Class

Considered the first in-depth critique of consumerism, economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book The...

THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS (Annotated With Author Biography)

Step into the intriguing world of Thorstein Veblen's masterwork, 'The Theory of the Leisure Class...

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Theory of the Leisure Class

The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions, by Thorstein Veblen, is an ec...

Conspicuous Consumption

With its wry portrayal of a shallow, materialistic 'leisure class' obsessed by clothes, cars, con...

The Theory of the Leisure Class

This scathing critique of America's preoccupation with wealth and status in the Gilded Age contin...

The Theory of the Leisure Class

'Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure...

Inquiry into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation

One of the great thinkers of the early 20th century, American economist and sociologist THORSTEIN...

Theory of the Leisure Class

The Theory of the Leisure Class is one of the great works of economics as well as the first detai...

The Theory of Business Enterprise

Veblen has been claimed and rejected both by sociologists and economists as being one of theirs

The Theory of the Leisure Class

'The most impressive satirist of his day.' ? Time Magazine