The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen (GT194)

Published 1934: Hardcover / Very Good Condition

Original green embossed cloth with gilt block titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket in protective wraps. 404 + very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear on dust jacket consistent with age. (GT194)

Postage €6.95 including additional books ordered.
An Post prepaid postage envelopes within the Republic of Ireland, with no weight restrictions from €6.95.

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. [Google Books]

The-Theory-of-the-Leisure-Class-An-Economic-Study-of-Institutions. Google Books...