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The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. The Theory of the Leisure Class is one of the great works of economics as well as the first detailed critique of consumerism. Veblen argues that economic life is driven not by notions of utility, but by...

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Chapter One Introductory

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Chapter Two Pecuniary Emulation

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Chapter Three Conspicuous Leisure

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Chapter Four Conspicuous Consumption

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Chapter Five The Pecuniary Standard of Living

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Chapter Six Pecuniary Canons of Taste

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Chapter Seven Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

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Chapter Eight Industrial Exemption and Conservatism

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Chapter Nine The Conservation of Archaic Traits

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Chapter Ten Modern Survivals of Prowess

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Chapter Eleven The Belief in Luck

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Chapter Twelve Devout Observances

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Chapter Thirteen Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests

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Chapter Fourteen The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

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