Definition of Thorstein Veblen

1. Noun. United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929).

Exact synonyms: Thorstein Bunde Veblen, Veblen
Generic synonyms: Economic Expert, Economist

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Literary usage of Thorstein Veblen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical by Charles Rasmussen, Rick Tilman (1998)
"Another individual who knew Loeb personally was the influential heterodox economist Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), who will serve here as a case study of ..."

2. Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical by Charles Rasmussen, Rick Tilman (1998)
"Another individual who knew Loeb personally was the influential heterodox economist Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), who will serve here as a case study of ..."

3. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1918)
"By Thorstein Veblen. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1899. Pp. viii + 400, 8vo History.—Written March 13, to April 6, 1900. When I was at Stanford University ..."

4. Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences by National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.) (1918)
"ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF A POLICY OF RECONSTRUCTION BY Thorstein Veblen There are certain cardinal points of orientation that will guide any endeavor to ..."

5. Current Social and Industrial Forces by Lionel Danforth Edie (1920)
"CAPITALIZATION AND VALUE Thorstein Veblen: The Theory of Business Enterprise * (pp. 114-118) The typical (latest and most highly specialized) instrument of ..."

6. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"He did not know that Thorstein Veblen was an American, was graduated from an American university, in the eighties, and has been teaching in American ..."

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