With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper

Quote by Thorstein Veblen

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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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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 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 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...

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 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

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...

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...

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.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

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...

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...