Theory of the Leisure Class

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Cover Art for 9780451627414, Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
ISBN: 9780451627414
Publisher: Signet
Published: 1 September, 1953
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. As wealth accumulates on his hands, his own unaided effort will not avail to sufficiently put his opulence in evidence by this method. The aid of friends and competitors is therefore brought in by resorting to the giving of valuable presents and expensive feasts and entertainments.

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