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This classic of economic thought is a scathing critique of American snobbery and wastefulness. Chief among the practices that Veblen so wittily satirizes is conspicuous consumption, a pattern of behaviour that still flourishes among us.

Table of Contents
The Theory of the Leisure Class - Thorstein Veblen Introduction by Robert Lekachman
Preface
Chapter I: Introductory
Chapter II: Pecuniary Emulation
Chapter III: Conspicuous Leisure
Chapter IV: Conspicuous Consumption
Chapter V: The Pecuniary Standards of Living
Chapter VI: Pecuniary Canons of Taste
Chapter VII: Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
Chapter VIII: Industrial Exemption and Conservatism
Chapter IX: The Conservation of Archaic Traits
Chapter X: Modern Survivals of Prowess
Chapter XI: The Belief in Luck
Chapter XII: Devout Observances
Chapter XIII: Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest
Chapter XIV: The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 27/07/1995
      ISBN13: 9780140187953, 978-0140187953
      ISBN10: 0140187952
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This classic of economic thought is a scathing critique of American snobbery and wastefulness. Chief among the practices that Veblen so wittily satirizes is conspicuous consumption, a pattern of behaviour that still flourishes among us.

      Table of Contents
      The Theory of the Leisure Class - Thorstein Veblen Introduction by Robert Lekachman
      Preface
      Chapter I: Introductory
      Chapter II: Pecuniary Emulation
      Chapter III: Conspicuous Leisure
      Chapter IV: Conspicuous Consumption
      Chapter V: The Pecuniary Standards of Living
      Chapter VI: Pecuniary Canons of Taste
      Chapter VII: Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
      Chapter VIII: Industrial Exemption and Conservatism
      Chapter IX: The Conservation of Archaic Traits
      Chapter X: Modern Survivals of Prowess
      Chapter XI: The Belief in Luck
      Chapter XII: Devout Observances
      Chapter XIII: Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest
      Chapter XIV: The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

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