Thorstein Veblen

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Thorstein Bunde Veblen, ameriški ekonomist, sociolog, filozof in kritik kapitalizma, * 30. julij 1857, Cato, Wisconsin, ZDA, † 3. avgust 1929, Sand Hill Road, Kalifornija, ZDA.

Njegovo najbolj znano delo ''Teorija brezdelnega razreda'', v originalu "''The Theory of the Leisure Class''", mu je prineslo mednarodno prepoznavnost. Poznan je tudi kot izumitelj nekaterih fraz v povezavi z življenjem bogatih (vpadljiva potrošnja – "conspicuous consumption" in tekmovanje v imetju – "pecuniary emulation"), ki so v uporabi še danes. Veliko vlogo pa se mi pripisuje tudi pri utemeljitvi instuticionalne ekonomike ter kritiki konformnega stremenja k dobičku in s tem nižjega prioritiziranja proizvodnje in delavcev. V Wikipediji