Veblen - The Making of an Economist Who Unmade Economics

Thorstein Veblen¿s analysis of Americäs parasitic upper class, which plunders its wealth from productive workers, is widely attributed to his outsider status. But Charles Camic shows that Veblen¿s ideas did not derive from social marginality. Veblen was a professional economist whose fierce social critique was the work of an academic insider.

About the author

Charles Camic is Lorraine H. Morton Professor of Sociology and a member of the Science in Human Culture Program at Northwestern University. An expert on the sociology of knowledge, he is coeditor of Social Knowledge in the Making.

Summary

Thorstein Veblen’s analysis of America’s parasitic upper class, which plunders its wealth from productive workers, is widely attributed to his outsider status. But Charles Camic shows that Veblen’s ideas did not derive from social marginality. Veblen was a professional economist whose fierce social critique was the work of an academic insider.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Camic, Camic Charles
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780674659728
• ISBN: 978-0-674-65972-8
• No. of pages: 504
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Popular economics, Social issues & processes, General and world history, Social and ethical issues