This book argues that invidious distinctions motivate people to demonstrate status by deliberately wasting money, thereby showing that they are part of the title institution, whose members are exempt from hard labor.
The eighth and ninth chapters of this book argue that the evolution of society is impeded by the conservation of socially archaic traits. This book's second chapter describes how the perceived difference between the drudgery of women's work and the exploit of men's work led to the development of the central institution, which preserves the predatory instinct instead of the instinct of workmanship. This book argues that invidious distinctions motivate people to demonstrate status by deliberately wasting money, thereby showing that they are part of the title institution, whose members are exempt from hard labor. For 10 points, name this 1899 book by Thorstein Veblen.
The eighth and ninth chapters of this book argue that the evolution of society is impeded by the conservation of socially archaic traits.
The {Theory} of the {Leisure Class}