This thinker argued that the German Empire was better able to utilize modern technology than Democratic France and Britain and posited a growing conflict between improving industrial processes and the means of making money. This author of Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution also claimed that the social Darwinist outlook was an evolutionary remnant of prehistoric, barbarian survivalism and introduced the concept of "conspicuous consumption". For 10 points, name this Norwegian-American economist who wrote The Theory of Business Enterpr
This thinker argued that the German Empire was better able to utilize modern technology than Democratic France and Britain and posited a growing conflict between improving industrial processes and the means of making money. This author of Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution also claimed that the social Darwinist outlook was an evolutionary remnant of prehistoric, barbarian survivalism and introduced the concept of "conspicuous consumption". For 10 points, name this Norwegian-American economist who wrote The Theory of Business Enterprise and The Theory of the Leisure Class.
This thinker argued that the German Empire was better able to utilize modern technology than Democratic France and Britain and posited a growing conflict between improving industrial processes and the means of making money.
Thorstein {Veblen}