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Conspicuous Consumption (Penguin Great Ideas) by Thorstein Veblen [Veblen, Thorstein] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Conspicuous Consumption (Penguin Great Ideas) about?
With its wry portrayal of a shallow, materialistic 'leisure class' obsessed by clothes, cars, consumer goods and climbing the social ladder, this withering satire on modern capitalism is as pertinent today as it was when it was written over a century ago.
Who reads Conspicuous Consumption (Penguin Great Ideas)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thorstein Veblen [Veblen, Thorstein]
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Published
- 1899
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141964317
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Economics, Business
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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