The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

324 pages first pub 1899 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy sociology informative slow-paced

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The institution of a leisure class is found in its best development at the higher stages of the barbarian culture; as, for instance, in feudal Europe or feudal Japan. In such communities the distinction between classes is very rigorously observed;...

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