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About Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Bunde Veblen was an American economist and sociologist who, during his lifetime, emerged as a well-known critic of capitalism. In his best-known book, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), Veblen coined the concepts of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. Veblen laid the foundation for the perspective of institutional economics. Contemporary economists still theorize Veblen's distinction between "institutions" and "technology", known as the Veblenian dichotomy.
Everything about Thorstein Veblen →- Occupation
- economist, sociologist, writer, professor
- Citizenship
- United States, Norway
- Born
- July 30, 1857
- Died
- August 3, 1929