In one paper, this thinker argued that technological advancement in "machine processes" occurs because of the "instinct of workmanship."
In one paper, this thinker argued that technological advancement in "machine processes" occurs because of the "instinct of workmanship." He wrote a work in which the title group is likened to barbarians because its members do not produce, but merely make money by shuffling around what others make. He names a set of luxury goods for which the demand increases as price increases. He coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption" to describe the title social group of one of his works. For 10 points, name this sociologist who wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class.
In one paper, this thinker argued that technological advancement in "machine processes" occurs because of the "instinct of workmanship."
Thorstein Bunde Veblen [or Torsten Bunde Veblen]