See also:
Veblen: The Theory of the Leisure Class: Cover
xroads.virginia.edu
The first and still foremost of the modern attack on wealth. This book originated the term "conspicuous consumption".
Review of Keynes' "The Economic Consequences of the Peace"
socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca
Unfortunate criticism of Keynes' views on the Treaty of Versalles.
The Theory of the Leisure Class
gutenberg.org
Text of the first of the major attacks on "conspicuous consumption." Asserts that class warfare is actually nonexistent, because the lower classes try to emulate their upper class superiors through consumerism.
Why is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science
prof.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp
Critical of the idea that economics is a cohesive body of fact.
The Theory of the Leisure Class
xroads.virginia.edu
HTML web version.
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