A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism

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First Published in 2015. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was a contemporary of John Dewey and C.S. Peirce and ranks as one of the seminal minds of his generation of American thinkers in economics and sociology. He was a caustic critic of American business culture and his prose being peppered with Latin vocabulary might have made his ideas difficult to comprehend to the layperson. This collection of his writings looks at Veblen's works, main concepts and enables the reader to sample the broad spectrum of his thought and to reach his or her own conclusions regarding its present relevance. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction The Theory of the Leisure Class Preface Introductory Pecuniary Emulation Conspicuous Leisure Conspicuous Consumption The Pecuniary Standard of Living Pecuniary Canons of Taste Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture In Criticism of Economists Industrial and Pecuniary Employments Why Is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science? The Preconceptions of Economic Science The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx and His Followers The Basis of Social Institutions Races and Peoples The Instinct of Workmanship Ownership and the Industrial Arts The Discipline of the Machine On the Merits of Borrowing On the Penalty of Taking the Lead The Case of the United States The Captain of Industry The Independent Farmer The Country Town Culture, Religion, and Education The Place of Science in Modern Civilization The Intellectual Pre-Eminence of Jews in Modern Europe Christian Morals and the Competitive System Salesmanship and the Churches The Higher Learning The “Great Man” and His “Just” Rewards On War, Peace, and Capitalism The Dynastic State: The Case of Germany Peace and the Price System Review of J.M. Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace Books and Articles by Thorstein Veblen Suggestions for Further Reading Index About the Editor