Short biography.

Short biography.

Unfortunate criticism of Keynes' views on the Treaty of Versalles.

First of the major attacks on "consicuous consumption." Asserts that class warfare is actually nonexistent, because the lower classes try to emulate their upper class superiors through consumerism.

HTML web version.

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

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 first and still foremost of the modern attack on wealth. This book originated the term "conspicuous consumption".

Critical of the idea that economics is a cohesive body of fact.