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The Theory of the Leisure Class

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780140187953

  • Length: 416  Pages

  • Dimensions: 199mm x 25mm x 134mm

  • Weight: 338g

  • RRP: £10.99

The Theory of the Leisure Class

This classic of economic thought is a scathing critique of American snobbery and wastefulness. Chief among the practices that Veblen so wittily satirizes is "conspicuous consumption", a pattern of behaviour that still flourishes among us.

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780140187953

  • Length: 416  Pages

  • Dimensions: 199mm x 25mm x 134mm

  • Weight: 338g

  • RRP: £10.99

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About the Author

Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Bunde Veblen (1857-1929) was an American economist and sociologist. Educated at Carleton College, Johns Hopkins University and Yale University, his most famous work, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), from which this selection is taken, is a satiric look at American society. He coined the widely used phrases "conspicuous consumption" and "pecuniary emulation".

Thorstein Veblen

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