The theory of the leisure class an economic study of institutions / by Thorstein Veblen ; with a foreword by Stuart Chase.

• Pecuniary emulation -- Conspicuous leisure -- Conspicuous consumption -- The pecuniary standard of living -- Pecuniary canons of taste -- Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture -- Industrial exemption and conservatism -- The conservation of archaic traits -- Modern survivals of prowess -- The belief in luck -- Devout observances -- Survivals of the non-invidious interest -- The higher learning as an expression of the pecuniary culture. 

• Classic of economic and social theory offers a satiric examination of the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term "conspicuous consumption," exposing the emptiness of many cherished standards of taste, education, dress, and culture. Since first appearing in 1899, it has become a classic of social theory that has contributed to the modernization of economic policy 

Ämnesord

Leisure class 

Klassifikation

305.5/234 (DDC)

Oabka (kssb/8 (machine generated))