The Theory of the Leisure Class
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
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The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, is a treatise of economics and sociology, and a critique of conspicuous consumption as a function of social class and of consumerism, which are social activities derived from the social stratification of people and the division of labor; the social institutions of the feudal period that have continued to the modern era. Veblen discusses how the pursuit and the possession of wealth affects human behavi
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Book by Thorstein Veblen
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2004-03-29T14:34:04Z
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2024-09-08T23:35:54Z
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