robert lekachman ; thorstein veblen ; thorsten veblen

A critique of American snobbery and wastefulness. It satirizes practices such as 'conspicuous consumption', a pattern of behaviour that still flourish

The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation, and Other Essays, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so th

Originally published in 1908, this is a work by Thorstein Veblen, an American economist and sociologist. It is an article written for the Political Sc

Originally published in 1909, this is a work by Thorstein Veblen, an American economist and sociologist. It is an article written for the Journal of P

The Theory of the Leisure Class is one of the great works of economics as well as the first detailed critique of consumerism. Veblen argues that econo

Thorstein Veblen was probably the greatest economist working in early 20th century America. In this treatise, Veblen sets out the preconceptions and u