Thorstein Veblen

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economist human social critic sociologist

Thorstein Veblen was an American economist and sociologist best known for developing the concept of "conspicuous consumption" and for his critical analysis of capitalism and social class.

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Thorstein Veblen canonical 8
Thorstein Bunde Veblen 1

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instanceOf economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
social critic ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in philosophy ⓘ
birthDate 1857-07-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Cato, Wisconsin ⓘ
surface form: Cato, Wisconsin, United States
burialPlace Rice County, Minnesota ⓘ
surface form: Rice County, Minnesota, United States
coinedTerm conspicuous consumption ⓘ
conspicuous leisure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1929-08-03 ⓘ
describedCapitalismAs system driven by pecuniary motives rather than workmanship ⓘ
educatedAt Carleton College ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Stanford University ⓘ
New School for Social Research ⓘ
surface form: The New School for Social Research

University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Missouri ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Norwegian-American ⓘ
familyName Veblen ⓘ
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
fullName Thorstein Veblen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thorstein Bunde Veblen
givenName Thorstein ⓘ
influenced critical theory ⓘ
heterodox economics ⓘ
institutional economists ⓘ
knownFor analysis of leisure class ⓘ
concept of conspicuous consumption ⓘ
critique of capitalism ⓘ
institutional economics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement American institutionalism ⓘ
institutional economics ⓘ
notableWork Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
The Higher Learning in America ⓘ
The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts ⓘ
The Theory of Business Enterprise ⓘ
The Theory of the Leisure Class ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
religiousBackground Lutheran family background ⓘ
theoreticalContribution analysis of predatory instincts in capitalism ⓘ
concept of pecuniary emulation ⓘ
development of institutional economics ⓘ
distinction between business and industry ⓘ

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Oswald Veblen → hasRelative → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
New School for Social Research → foundedBy → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
C. Wright Mills → influencedBy → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
The Theory of the Leisure Class (critique and commentary) → about → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
Veblen → usedBy → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
Veblen → relative → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
subject surface form: Oswald Veblen
Thorstein Veblen → fullName → Thorstein Veblen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thorstein Bunde Veblen
Wesley Clair Mitchell → doctoralAdvisor → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
Wesley Clair Mitchell → influencedBy → Thorstein Veblen ⓘ