The Theory of the Leisure Class
Thorstein Veblen
ISBN: | 9781531258818 |
Publisher: | Perennial Press |
Published: | 22 March, 2016 |
Format: | ePub |
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
Thorstein Veblen
That the contemporary lords of the manor, the businessmen who own the means of production, have employed themselves in the economically unproductive practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure, which are useless activities that contribute neither to the economy nor to the material production of the useful goods and services required for the functioning of society; while it is the middle class and the working class who are usefully employed in the industrialised, productive occup
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