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  The Theory of the Leisure Class (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback) By (author) Thorstein Veblen

  

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  Short Description for The Theory of the Leisure ClassClassic of economic and social theory offers satiric examination of the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term "conspicuous consumption," exposing the emptiness of many standards of taste, education, dress, and culture.
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  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
  • Published: 01 August 1994
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) | Classics | Society & Culture: General | Social Classes | Sociology
  • ISBN 13: 9780486280622 ISBN 10: 0486280624
  • Sales rank: 17,512

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• In his best-known work, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), Veblen appropriated Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system. While industry itself demanded diligence, efficiency, and cooperation, businesspeople - in opposition to engineers and industrialists - were interested only in making money and displaying their wealth in what Veblen coined "conspicuous consumption." Veblen's keen analysis of the psychological bases of American social and economic institutions laid the foundation for the school of institutional economics.