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The Theory of the Leisure Class
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The Theory of the Leisure Class

RLRobert LekachmanTVThorstein Veblen
2007
first published
English
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2
edition in English
282
pages

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.

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