This man's lesser works include one published in 1917 discussing the role patriotism and business had in preventing lasting peace, and another which critiqued the presence of business in universities, his The Higher Learning in America.
This man's lesser works include one published in 1917 discussing the role patriotism and business had in preventing lasting peace, and another which critiqued the presence of business in universities, his The Higher Learning in America. Well known for ridiculing other views, he also attempted to link his economic views with cultural and social questions, often relating to primitive societies. Named the "Bard of Savagery," he is best known for a theory that rich people buy excessively to show their social status. FTP, name this Norwegian-American economist who coined the term "conspicuous consumption" in his The Theory of the Leisure Class.               |
This man's lesser works include one published in 1917 discussing the role patriotism and business had in preventing lasting peace, and another which critiqued the presence of business in universities, his The Higher Learning in America.
Thorstein {Veblen}