Author
Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), an American economist and sociologist, son of Norwegian immigrants. “The Theory of the Leisure Class” was his first and best-known book: it was there that he introduced the phrase “conspicuous consumption”.
Books in Livria
- The Theory of the Leisure Class
Why are people ready to freeze just to look respectable, and why does a pay rise please for only a few months? In 1899 the American economist Thorstein Veblen explained this with one rule: respect is given only on…