Instead of investing in the goods as they pass between producer and consumer, as the merchant does, the businessman now invests in the processes of industry.
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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