A review by rosekk
Conspicuous Consumption by Thorstein Veblen

2.0

I was surprised when, upon searching for the book on goodreads, I was assured that this is a satire. Perhaps I'm being slow (I have been ill lately), but I just thought this was impenetrable waffle. Maybe that was deliberate, and all part of the satire? Which, in turn, might be proof that it's satire gone wrong. I don't feel strongly enough about the book to unpack all it's possible layers of questionable meaning. Occasionally I thought I glimpsed some suggestion of an argument, but such things were gone long before they could be satisfactorily identified.