For 10 points, name this author of The Theory of the Leisure Class.
This author of a critique of Irving Fisher's The Nature of Capital and Income discussed the seizure of women as slaves in his essay "The Beginnings of Ownership" and argued against the inclusion of economics as an evolutionary science. This thinker is better known for describing a conflict between engineers and businessmen in his Theory of Business Enterprise, which built upon a framework of "predation" and "emulation" introduced in an earlier book. That book originated the idea that people spend excessively in an attempt to impress others, also known as "conspicuous consumption." For 10 points, name this author of The Theory of the Leisure Class.
This author of a critique of Irving Fisher's The Nature of Capital and Income discussed the seizure of women as slaves in his essay "The Beginnings of Ownership" and argued against the inclusion of economics as an evolutionary science.
Thorstein (Bunde) Veblen