Rick Tilman

A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism

From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 300mm x 136mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 821g
• ISBN-13: 9781563242618
• ISBN-10: 1563242613
• Artikelnr.: 22202969

Autorenporträt

Rick Tilman

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The Theory of the Leisure Class
pre Preface
Introduction Introductory
Chapter 1 Pecuniary Emulation
Chapter 2 Conspicuous Leisure
Chapter 3 Conspicuous Consumption
Chapter 4 The Pecuniary Standard of Living
Chapter 5 Pecuniary Canons of Taste
Chapter 6 Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
Part 2 In Criticism of Economists
Chapter 7 Industrial and Pecuniary Employments
Chapter 8 Why Is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science?
Chapter 9 The Preconceptions of Economic Science
Chapter 10 The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx and His Followers
Part 3 The Basis of Social Institutions
Chapter 11 Races and Peoples
Chapter 12 The Instinct of Workmanship
Chapter 13 Ownership and the Industrial Arts
Chapter 14 The Discipline of the Machine
Chapter 15 On the Merits of Borrowing
Chapter 16 On the Penalty of Taking the Lead
Part 4 The Case of the United States
Chapter 17 The Captain of Industry
Chapter 18 The Independent Farmer
Chapter 19 The Country Town
pt3 Culture, Religion, and Education
Chapter 20 The Place of Science in Modern Civilization
Chapter 21 The Intellectual Pre-Eminence of Jews in Modern Europe
Chapter 22 Christian Morals and the Competitive System
Chapter 23 Salesmanship and the Churches
Chapter 24 The Higher Learning
Chapter 25 The "Great Man" and His "Just" Rewards
Part 6 On War, Peace, and Capitalism
Chapter 26 The Dynastic State: The Case of Germany
Chapter 27 Peace and the Price System
Chapter 28 Review of J.M. Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace