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• Science: Social Sciences: Economics: Consumption and Wealth  (16)

MSN Learning & Research Plus: Thorstein Veblen - - Short biography.

Review of Keynes' "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" - - Unfortunate criticism of Keynes' views on the Treaty of Versalles.

The Theory of the Leisure Class - - Text of the first of the major attacks on "conspicuous consumption." Asserts that class warfare is actually nonexistent, because the lower classes try to emulate their upper class superiors through consumerism.

The Theory of the Leisure Class - - HTML web version.

Thorstein B. Veblen Page at Maison d'Etre Bookstore - - Listings of the economics and sociological writings of Thorstein B. Veblen, works by others about him, and links to other material related to 'conspicuous consumption' and the class system in America.

The Veblen Project - - Introduction into personality and work of American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen. Life, Writings and Relevance of Thorstein Veblen.

Veblen: The Theory of the Leisure Class: Cover - - The first and still foremost of the modern attack on wealth. This book originated the term "conspicuous consumption".

Why is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science - - Critical of the idea that economics is a cohesive body of fact.