{"product_id":"the-theory-of-the-leisure-class-thorstein-veblen-1981-penguin-vintage-paperback","title":"The Theory of the Leisure Class - Thorstein Veblen 1981 Penguin vintage Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAcceptable: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigns of wear and consistent use. See images for the condition of this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb:  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlmost a century after its original publication, Thorstein Veblen's work is as fresh and relevant as ever. Veblen's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Theory of the Leisure Class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is in the tradition of Adam Smith's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Wealth of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Thomas Hobbes's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, yet it provides a surprisingly contemporary look at American economics and society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEstablishing such terms as \"conspicuous consumption\" and \"pecuniary emulation,\" Veblen's most famous work has become an archetype not only of economic theory, but of historical and sociological thought as well. As sociologist Alan Wolfe writes in his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Veblen \"skillfully . . . wrote a book that will be read so long as the rich are different from the rest of us; which, if the future is anything like the past, they always will be.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42096505356530,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20211123_133424.jpg?v=1637692562","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/the-theory-of-the-leisure-class-thorstein-veblen-1981-penguin-vintage-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}