The Theory of the Leisure Class #304545

di Thorstein Veblen

Perennial Press

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That the contemporary lords of the manor, the businessmen who own the means of production, have employed themselves in the economically unproductive practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure, which are useless activities that contribute neither to the economy nor to the material production of the useful goods and services required for the functioning of society; while it is the middle class and the working class who are usefully employed in the industrialised, productive occupations that support the whole of society.
 
Conducted in the late 19th century, Veblen’s socio-economic analyses of the business cycles and the consequent price politics of the U.S. economy, and of the emergent division of labour, by technocratic speciality — scientist, engineer, technologist, et al. — proved to be accurate, sociological predictions of the economic structure of an industrial society..
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ISBN:
9781531258818
Formato:
ebook
Editore:
Perennial Press
Anno di pubblicazione:
2018
Dimensione:
663 KB
Lingua:
Inglese
Autori:
Thorstein Veblen