A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.
The abjectly poor, and all those person whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cann… - Thorstein Veblen
The abjectly poor, and all those person whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cann…
- Thorstein Veblen
The chief use of servants is the evidence they afford of the master's ability to pay. - Thorstein Veblen
The chief use of servants is the evidence they afford of the master's ability to pay.
The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction. - Thorstein Veblen
The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.
Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows. - Thorstein Veblen
Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.
Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as br… - Thorstein Veblen
Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as br…
The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the… - Thorstein Veblen
The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the…
Beauty is commonly a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty. - Thorstein Veblen
Beauty is commonly a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the … - Thorstein Veblen
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the …
The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical effic… - Thorstein Veblen
The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical effic…
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