The Theory of the Leisure Class

by ThorsteinVeblen (Author), C . Wright Mills (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $47.88

• New

  Paperback
  1995

  $12.51

  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.