Invention is the mother of necessity.

Quote by Thorstein Veblen

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Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is...

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is...

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing...

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing...

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...