A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism

ISBN-13: 9781563242618 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 448 str.

Thorstein Veblen

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First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

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Part 1 The Theory of the Leisure Class; pre Preface; Introduction Introductory; Chapter 1 Pecuniary Emulation; Chapter 2 Conspicuous Leisure; Chapter 3 Conspicuous Consumption; Chapter 4 The Pecuniary Standard of Living; Chapter 5 Pecuniary Canons of Taste; Chapter 6 Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture; Part 2 In Criticism of Economists; Chapter 7 Industrial and Pecuniary Employments; Chapter 8 Why Is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science?; Chapter 9 The Preconceptions of Economic Science; Chapter 10 The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx and His Followers; Part 3 The Basis of Social Institutions; Chapter 11 Races and Peoples; Chapter 12 The Instinct of Workmanship; Chapter 13 Ownership and the Industrial Arts; Chapter 14 The Discipline of the Machine; Chapter 15 On the Merits of Borrowing; Chapter 16 On the Penalty of Taking the Lead; Part 4 The Case of the United States; Chapter 17 The Captain of Industry; Chapter 18 The Independent Farmer; Chapter 19 The Country Town; pt3 Culture, Religion, and Education; Chapter 20 The Place of Science in Modern Civilization; Chapter 21 The Intellectual Pre-Eminence of Jews in Modern Europe; Chapter 22 Christian Morals and the Competitive System; Chapter 23 Salesmanship and the Churches; Chapter 24 The Higher Learning; Chapter 25 The “Great Man” and His “Just” Rewards; Part 6 On War, Peace, and Capitalism; Chapter 26 The Dynastic State: The Case of Germany; Chapter 27 Peace and the Price System; Chapter 28 Review of J.M. Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace;

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