Thorstein Veblen Quotes

Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen
American Economist
Born: Jul 30, 1857
Died: Aug 3, 1929
Any Beautiful Business Community Eyes Good
Related authors: Alan Greenspan Herbert A. Simon John Kenneth Galbraith Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Richard Thaler Robert Reich Thomas Sowell
Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress. Thorstein Veblen
Service Nationalism Bend Distress Born Spirit Never Sin Conceived Institutions Human Iniquity
The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. Thorstein Veblen
Before Research Outcome Only Make Questions Any Where Grew Serious Grow Two
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. Thorstein Veblen
Good Strength Community Conspicuous Rests Retaining Consumption Highly Name Goods Industrial Ultimately Any Leisure Which Gaining Repute Means Organized Showing Basis
Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister. Thorstein Veblen
Work Beautiful Good Respect Dignity Joy Pride Good Work Sister Sense Brother Brother And Sister Something Making Doing Doing Good Labor Wants Useful Treated
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. Thorstein Veblen
Eyes Wealth Community Indefinite Somewhat Come Well Up Order Conventional Certain Stand Standard Necessary
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. Thorstein Veblen
Valuable Gentleman Conspicuous Consumption Goods Leisure Means
All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage. Thorstein Veblen
Business Analysis Sabotage Judicious Itself Use Last
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes. Thorstein Veblen
Life Beautiful Eyes Men Consequences Civilised Itself Leisure
In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. Thorstein Veblen
Law School Dancing Law School More Point Merit Fencing Than Modern Substantial Belongs University

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