Quotes by Veblen, Thorstein

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary t >>

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any co >>

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial comm >>

Quotations about Communities

I grew up in dirt-poor hillbilly country. We lived this dry-below-the- >>

The community of living is the carriage of the Lord. >>

In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fig >>

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.

Veblen, Thorstein