Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Thorstein Veblen

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Topic

Display of wealth Reputation Consumerism

Author

Thorstein Veblen

Source

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Genre

Sociology Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Sociologist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions. Macmillan, 1899, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Veblen, Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class, edited by Martha Banta. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 4.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Time
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." Address to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at the dedication of the new hall of the Boston University School of Law. 8 Jan. 1897, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, USA.

Current Citation

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