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The theory of the leisure class : an economic study of institutions
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Classic of economic and social theory offers a satiric examination of the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term "conspicuous consumption," exposing the emptiness of many cherished standards ...
Classic of economic and social theory offers a satiric examination of the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term "conspicuous consumption," exposing the emptiness of many cherished standards of taste, education, dress, and culture. Since first appearing in 1899, it has become a classic of social theory that has contributed to the modernization of economic policy.
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- Creator
- by Thorstein Veblen ; with a foreword by Stuart Chase
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- English
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- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Modern library, [©1934]
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- xv pages, 1 leaf, 404 pages ; 18 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00352459, ocm00352459, ocm00352459
- "First Modern library edition."
- Includes bibliographical references (page vi).
- Also issued online.
- Pecuniary emulation -- Conspicuous leisure -- Conspicuous consumption -- The pecuniary standard of living -- Pecuniary canons of taste -- Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture -- Industrial exemption and conservatism -- The conservation of archaic traits -- Modern survivals of prowess -- The belief in luck -- Devout observances -- Survivals of the non-invidious interest -- The higher learning as an expression of the pecuniary culture