Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: world’s, classics, oxford, class, leisure, theory
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-01-11
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 019280684X
ISBN-13: 9780192806840

In his scathing The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behavior. Veblen’s analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy, and with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions exploit the consumption of unessential goods for the sake of personal profit. Fashion, beauty, animals, sports, the home, the clergy, schol

Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: Nabu Press
Keywords: system, price, engineers
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2010-04-20
List price: $22.75
ISBN-10: 1148912924
ISBN-13: 9781148912929

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your u

Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: classics, history, cosimo, revolution, germany, industrial, imperial
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 159605882X
ISBN-13: 9781596058828

OF INTEREST TO: students of economics, readers of European history The traditions of the German people, including the personnel of the civil service, are traditions of frugality and parsimony... and these are fortifed in this connection by a traditional loyalty of service to a master, to whom the civil servant stands in a relation of personal stewardship. -from "Economic Policy of the Imperial State" One of the great thinkers of the early 20th century, American economist and sociologist THORSTEIN BUNDE VEBLEN (1857-1929) is best remembered for coining the phrase "conspicuous consumption

Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: interests, vested
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $22.75
ISBN-10: 1110630263
ISBN-13: 9781110630264

Veblen’s classic position on social status is intertwined with his interest in economic class and the political prospects of that class. The Vested Interests is squarely in that tradition. It aims to show how and why a discrepancy has arisen between the accepted principles of law and custom that underlie the business enterprise and the efficient management of industry. He also speculates on the civil and political difficulties inspired by this discrepancy between business civilization. and the social order. Many of the essays in this collection originally appeared in Dial from October 19

Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: Echo Library
Keywords: class, leisure, theory
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2007-02-14
List price: $12.90
ISBN-10: 1406815306
ISBN-13: 9781406815306

Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: enterprise, business, theory
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1596052392
ISBN-13: 9781596052390

Thorstein Veblen was once described by Fortune magazine as "America’s most brilliant and influential critic of modern business and the values of a business civilization," and his wisdom and often dry, satiric wit continues to be obvious today. In The Theory of Business Enterprise, first published in 1904, he ravages corporate malfeasance and the greed that was spurring the robber barons of his day. If it all sounds familiar a century later, it’s a testament to the timelessness of Veblen’s criticisms of the corporate world, the wrongdoings of which today he would readily r

Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: class, leisure, theory
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 1420925903
ISBN-13: 9781420925906

"The Theory of the Leisure Class" is a classic examination of the economics of the upper classes and the impact that their habits have upon society. In this work Thorstein Veblen coins the phrase "conspicuous consumption" to describe the often wasteful and unnecessary use of resources that is typical of the wealthiest members of a society. Veblen argues that the social values of the rich have greatly contributed to a lack of substantive culture and proper use of wealth in our society. "The Theory of the Leisure Class" is a classic of economics and sociology that is as relevant today as when it