20th CenturySocial Science

Veblen: The Theory of the Leisure Class

Why people buy things to show off: Veblen's idea of 'conspicuous consumption.'

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Volume
57 of the 1990 set
Author
Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929)
Work
The Theory of the Leisure Class 1899

Ideas: Wealth, money and markets How societies work

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