Thorstein Veblen Quotes:
Ocupation: Economist
Life: July 30, 1857 - August 3, 1929
Birthday: July 30
Death: August 3
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
topic: Mean, Names, Community, Retaining, Conspicuous Consumption
