Veblen's classic study indicts the nineteenth-century socio-economic system which based class status on the accumulation of material wealth.

Excerpt from Social Value: A Study in Economic Theory, Critical and Constructive This series of books owes its existence to the generosity of Messrs.

Excerpt from Social Value: A Study in Economic Theory, Critical and Constructive This series of books owes its existence to the generosity of Messrs.

Veblen's classic study indicts the nineteenth-century socio-economic system which based class status on the accumulation of material wealth.