The Theory of the Leisure Class - An Economic Study of Institutions

Informationen zum Autor By Thorstein Veblen Klappentext Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), the controversial American economist and social critic, argues that economics is essentially a study of the economic aspects of human culture, which are in a constant state of flux. In his best-known work, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), Veblen appropriated Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system.While industry itself demanded diligence, efficiency, and cooperation, businessmen in opposition to engineers and industrialists were only interested in making money and displaying their wealth in what Veblen coined "conspicuous consumption." Veblen's keen analysis of the psychological bases of American social and economic institutions laid the foundation for the school of institutional economics. Zusammenfassung Argues that economics is essentially a study of the economic aspects of human culture, which are in a constant state of flux. This book argues that while industry itself demanded diligence, efficiency, and co-operation, businessmen in opposition to engineers and industrialists were only interested in making money and displaying their wealth.

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• Authors: Thorstein Veblen
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1998
• EAN: 9781573922197
• ISBN: 978-1-57392-219-7
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Great Minds Series; Great Minds; Print on Demand; Great Minds Series; Great Minds
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries