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Baruchello, Giorgio 2013. David Reisman, The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen (Cheltenham and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2012), pp. viii, 338, $150.00 ...

Economist Thorstein Veblen coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” in his seminal book The Theory of the Leisure Class in 1899. Despite protests to the contrary – few will admit they buy ...

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Does this oft-maligned human behavior offering us anything other than the opportunity to show off? Here's what the research says.

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