The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

400 pages first pub 1899 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy sociology informative slow-paced

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A classic of sociology and economics, originally published in 1899 With exquisite irony, Veblen, the best critic of America that America has produced (C. Wright Mills), lays bare the hollowness of our canons of taste and culture. For more than sev...

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