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Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions

Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions

Paperback

Series: Great Minds

Economics

ISBN10: 1573922196
ISBN13: 9781573922197
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: Jun 1 1998
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.36
Language: English
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), the controversial American economist and social critic, argues that economics is essentially a study of the economic aspects of human culture, which are in a constant state of flux. 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, businessmen in opposition to engineers and industrialists were only interested 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.

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