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&quotThe most impressive satirist of his day.&quot &#8212 Time MagazineWith devastating satiric wit, this book examines the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term &quotconspicuous consumption&quot (coined by Veblen) and exposes the emptiness of many cherished standards of taste, education, dress, and culture. Since its original publication in 1899, the work has become a classic of social and economic thought and policy and exerted an influence widely felt beyond the sphere of economics.For Veblen, the shallowness and superficiality of society resulted from the tendency to believe that true accomplishment lay in arriving at a condition of ostentatious wealth and status. In developing this thesis, he traces the origins and development of ownership and property, offering extraordinary insights into the phenomenon of consumerism, the evolution of class structure, the rise of leisure time and how modern societal goals are grounded in pecuniary aspirations and achievements.Students, sociologists, historians, economists &#8212 anyone interested in the motives and behavior of human beings within a large-scale social context &#8212 will find this time-honored investigation still relevant and readable over a century after its first

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The Theory of the Leisure Class (Dover Thrift Editions: Economics)

&quotThemost impressive satirist of his day.&quot&#8212Time MagazineWith devastating satiric wit, this

book examines the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term &quotconpicuous

consumption&quot(coined by Veblen) and exposes the emptiness of many cherished standards of taste,

education, dress, and culture. Since its original publication in 1899, the work has become a classic of

social and economic thought and policy and exerted an influence widely felt beyond the sphere of

economics.For Veblen, the shallowness and superficiality of society resulted from the tendency to

believe that true accomplishment lay in arriving at a condition of ostentatious wealth and status. In

developing this thesis, he traces the origins and development of ownership and property, offering

extraordinary insights into the phenomenon of consumerism, the evolution of class structure, the rise of

leisure time and how modern societal goals are grounded in pecuniary aspirations and

achievements.Students, sociologists, historians, economists &#8212anyone interested in the motives

and behavior of human beings within a large-scale social context &#8212will find this time-honored

investigation still relevant and readable over a century after its first appearance. It belongs in the library

of every thinking person.

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