The Short Answer: Consumption is Still Conspicuous

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Posted on May 26, 2004 
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George Bleecher re-examines Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class, and looks at the similarities between the Gilded Age and today.

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  1. Somnopolis on June 1st, 2004 8:54 am

    Gluttony

    Good analysis of Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class, written in 1899. Review by George Blecher, over at Spiked Online. This puts me in mind of something else Alli and I have been thinking a little bit…