The Theory of the Leisure Class

A classic of sociology and economics, originally published in 1899

With exquisite irony, Veblen, the best critic of America that America has produced (C. Wright Mills), lays bare the hollowness of our canons of taste and culture.

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Author: Thorstein Veblen
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 02/01/1994
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.69h x 5.06w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9780140187953
ISBN10: 0140187952
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics | Theory
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Social Science | Sociology | Social Theory

About the Author
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was a Norwegian-American sociologist and economist and a leader of the Efficiency Movement. In 1919, Veblen, along with Charles Beard, James Harvey Robinson and John Dewey, helped found the New School for Social Research (known today as New School University).

Robert Lekachman was a professor of economics at Lehman College, City University of New York, and is the author of The Age of Keynes and Capitalism for Beginners.