The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen, Alan Wolfe

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen, Alan Wolfe

320 pages first pub 1899 (view editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy sociology informative slow-paced
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Almost a century after its original publication, Thorstein Veblen's work is as fresh and relevant as ever. Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class is in the tradition of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, yet it pro...

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