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THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption

Business and Economics

THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption

Conspicuous Consumption and ClassBy Thorstein Veblen

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THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption

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This carefully crafted ebook: "THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Theory of the Leisure Class is criticism of capitalism. Conspicuous consumption, along with "conspicuous leisure," is performed to demonstrate wealth or mark social status. The book is a treatise on economics and a detailed, social critique of conspicuous consumption, as a function of social class and of consumerism, derived from the social stratification of people and the division of labour, which are the social institutions of the feudal period (9th - 15th centuries) that have continued to the modern era. The book presents the evolutionary development of human institutions (social and economic) that shape society, such as how the citizens earn their livelihoods, wherein technology and the industrial arts are the creative forces of economic production. The sociology and economics applied by Veblen show the dynamic, intellectual influences of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, and Herbert Spencer; thus, his theories of socio-economics emphasize evolution and development as characteristics of human institutions. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was an American economist and sociologist. He is well known as a witty critic of capitalism. Within the history of economic thought, Veblen is considered the leader of the institutional economics movement. Veblen's distinction between "institutions" and "technology" is still called the Veblenian dichotomy by contemporary economists.

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GenreBusiness and Economics

Length12 hrs 3 mins

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Publish dateJan 30, 2016

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Table of contents

1THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS:

9Chapter 8. Industrial Exemption and Conservatism

2Chapter 1. Introductory

10Chapter 9. The Conservation of Archaic Traits

3Chapter 2. Pecuniary Emulation

11Chapter 10. Modern Survivals of Prowess

4Chapter 3. Conspicuous Leisure

12Chapter 11. The Belief in Luck

5Chapter 4. Conspicuous Consumption

13Chapter 12. Devout Observances

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6Chapter 5. The Pecuniary Standard of Living

14Chapter 13. Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests

7Chapter 6. Pecuniary Canons of Taste

15Chapter 13. The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

8Chapter 7. Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

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