You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

262 pages first pub 1899 (view editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy sociology informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, is an economic treatise and detailed social critique of conspicuous consumption, as a function of social-class consumerism, which proposes that the soc...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...