A Theory of Thorstein Veblen

Posted by samclemens on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:04AM
from the thebaffler.com dept.

https://thebaffler.com/latest/a-theory-of-thorstein-veblen-robbins

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Re:A Theory of Thorstein Veblen by jgwil2 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:42PM (#26815647)

I'm always surprised this guy isn't more well known. If we're indeed living in a second Gilded Age, it's hard to imagine a writer more due for a renaissance.

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Re:A Theory of Thorstein Veblen by schoen on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:17PM (#26815864)

He has a type of economic good named for him

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

-- one of several, but possibly only one of two named after an individual.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Types_of_goods

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Re:A Theory of Thorstein Veblen by jorgenveisdal on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:05AM (#26816646)

His son Oswald was a mathematicisn and one of the founders of the Institute for Advanced Study

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Re:A Theory of Thorstein Veblen by xbar on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:12AM (#26816679)

He is due for a renaissance. He is well known but certainly under-read.

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Re:A Theory of Thorstein Veblen by notsureaboutpg on Thursday April 15, 2021 @12:00AM (#26816066)

Veblen is well known to anyone who went to college and took a sociology course (he and C. Wright Mills)

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