# The Theory of the Leisure Class

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- Authors: [Robert Lekachman](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-lekachman), [Thorsten Veblen](https://www.bookquiver.com/thorsten-veblen)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-05-31

## Description

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.

## Editions

### The Theory of the Leisure Class

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4018-795-3
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2007-05-31
- Language: en_GB