The Theory of the Leisure Class
The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, is a treatise of economics and sociology, and a critique of conspicuous consumption as a function of social class and of consumerism, which are social activities derived from the social stratification of people and the division of labor; the social institutions of the feudal period (9th–15th c.) that have continued to the modern era.
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| Original title | The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Publisher | Macmillan
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| Publication date | 1899
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| Media type | book
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| Pages | 400 pp
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