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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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