Mentor chat — The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions
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a thoughtful guide for reading Veblen, here to help you read Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class closely — its ironic, deliberately over-elaborate prose, its argument's structure, and its lasting hold on how we talk about status and spending.
The Argument
Context & Legacy
Based on "The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions" by Thorstein Veblen